Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node on 3 November 2013.[1][2][3] It was a hybrid eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.0159, with a small portion over the western Atlantic Ocean at sunrise as an annular eclipse, and the rest of the path as a narrow total solar eclipse. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A hybrid solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's in sunrise and sunset, but at Greatest Eclipse the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's.

Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013
Partial from Libreville, Gabon
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureHybrid
Gamma0.3272
Magnitude1.0159
Maximum eclipse
Duration100 sec (1 m 40 s)
Coordinates3.5°N 11.7°W / 3.5; -11.7
Max. width of band58 km (36 mi)
Times (UTC)
(P1) Partial begin10:04:34
(U1) Total begin11:05:17
Greatest eclipse12:47:36
(U4) Total end14:27:42
(P4) Partial end15:28:21
References
Saros143 (23 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9538

In this particular case the eclipse path starts out as annular and ends as total.

It was the 23rd eclipse of the 143rd Saros cycle, which began with a partial eclipse on March 7, 1617, and will conclude with a partial eclipse on April 23, 2897.

Viewing

Totality was visible from the northern Atlantic Ocean (east of Florida) to Africa (Gabon (landfall), R. Congo, DR Congo, Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia), with a maximum duration of totality of 1 minute and 39 seconds, visible from the Atlantic Ocean south of Ivory Coast and Ghana.[4]

Places with partial darkening were the Eastern coast of North America, southern Greenland, Bermuda, the Caribbean islands, Costa Rica, Panama, Northern South America, almost all the African continent, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Greece, Malta, Southern Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey and the Middle East.

This solar eclipse happened simultaneously with the 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and it was possible to observe a partial solar eclipse in Abu Dhabi before the sunset while the F1 race took place, as shown briefly during its broadcast.[5]

From space
Simulated shadow path
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Eclipses of 2013

Solar eclipses 2011–2014

This eclipse is a member of the 2011–2014 solar eclipse semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[6][Note 1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2011–2014
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
118

Partial from Tromsø, Norway		 2011 June 01

Partial (north)		 1.21300 123

Hinode XRT footage		 2011 November 25

Partial (south)		 −1.05359
128

Middlegate, Nevada		 2012 May 20

Annular		 0.48279 133

Cairns, Australia		 2012 November 13

Total		 −0.37189
138

Churchills Head, Australia		 2013 May 10

Annular		 −0.26937 143

Partial from Libreville, Gabon		 2013 November 03

Hybrid		 0.32715
148

Partial from Adelaide, Australia		 2014 April 29

Annular (non-central)		 −0.99996 153

Partial from Minneapolis		 2014 October 23

Partial (north)		 1.09078

Saros 143

It is a part of Saros cycle 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 7, 1617 and total event from June 24, 1797 through October 24, 1995. It has hybrid eclipses from November 3, 2013 through December 6, 2067, and annular eclipses from December 16, 2085 through September 16, 2536. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on April 23, 2873. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 50 seconds on August 19, 1887. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.

Series members 17–28 occur between 1741 and 2100
8 9 10

May 23, 1743
June 3, 1761
June 14, 1779
11 12 13

June 24, 1797
July 6, 1815
July 17, 1833
14 15 16

July 28, 1851
August 7, 1869
August 19, 1887
17 18 19

August 30, 1905
September 10, 1923
September 21, 1941
20 21 22

October 2, 1959
October 12, 1977
October 24, 1995
23 24 25

November 3, 2013
November 14, 2031
November 25, 2049
26 27 28

December 6, 2067
December 16, 2085

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between June 10, 1964, and August 21, 2036
June 10–11 March 27–29 January 15–16 November 3 August 21–22
117 119 121 123 125

June 10, 1964
March 28, 1968
January 16, 1972
November 3, 1975
August 22, 1979
127 129 131 133 135

June 11, 1983
March 29, 1987
January 15, 1991
November 3, 1994
August 22, 1998
137 139 141 143 145

June 10, 2002
March 29, 2006
January 15, 2010
November 3, 2013
August 21, 2017
147 149 151 153 155

June 10, 2021
March 29, 2025
January 14, 2029
November 3, 2032
August 21, 2036

Notes
  1. The partial solar eclipses of January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occurred in the previous semester series.

References
  1. "Blackout: Rare eclipse puts world in shadow". The Daily Telegraph. 2013-11-04. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-10-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "'Rare hybrid eclipse'". Tampa Bay Times. 2013-11-04. p. A10. Retrieved 2023-10-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "'Hybrid' eclipse enthralls". National Post. 2013-11-04. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-10-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2013 Nov 03 NASA
  5. "Rare 'hybrid' eclipse sweeps across the globe plunging parts of Europe, Africa and US into darkness". Belfast Telegraph. November 3, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  6. van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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