| Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013 | |
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| 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 |
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 Gabon and Africa, with the maximum of 1 minutes 39 seconds visible from the Atlantic Ocean south of Ivory Coast and Ghana.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
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| 118 | June 1, 2011 Partial |
123 | November 25, 2011 Partial |
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| 128 | May 20, 2012 Annular |
133 | November 13, 2012 Total |
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| 138 | May 10, 2013 Annular |
143 | November 3, 2013 Hybrid |
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| 148 | April 29, 2014 Annular |
153 | October 23, 2014 Partial |
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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.[1]
Series members 17-28 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 17 | 18 | 19 |
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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 |
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).
This series has 20 eclipse events between June 10, 1964 and August 21, 2036.
| June 10-11 | March 27-29 | January 15-16 | November 3 | August 21-22 |
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| 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 |
