Friday, November 1, 2013

Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013

A total solar eclipse will occur on November 3, 2013. It is a hybrid eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.0159. Totality will be visible from the northern Atlantic Ocean (east of Florida) to Africa (Gabon (landfall), R. Congo, DR Congo, Uganda), with maximum of 1 minute and 39 seconds visible from the Atlantic Ocean south of Ivory Coast and Ghana. This solar eclipse will happen simultaneously with 2013 F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and it will be possible to observe a partial solar eclipse in Abu Dhabi before the sunset while the F1 race take place. Solar eclipses 2011-2014 Each member 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. Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 4, 2011, and July 1, 2011, occur in the previous semester series. Type of eclipse Nature Hybrid Gamma 0.3272 Magnitude 1.0159 Maximum eclipse Duration 1m 40s Coordinates 3.5N 11.7W Max. width of band 58 km Times (UTC) (P1) Partial begin 10:04:34 (U1) Total begin 11:05:17 Greatest eclipse 12:47:36 (U4) Total end 14:27:42 (P4) Partial end 15:28:21 References Saros 143 (23 of 72) Catalog # (SE5000) 9538

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