# Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, November 3, 2013, with a magnitude of 1.0159. It was a hybrid event, a narrow total eclipse, and beginning as an annular eclipse and concluding as a total eclipse, in this particular case. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 2.9 days before perigee (on November 6, 2013, at 9:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

## Viewing

Totality was visible from the northern Atlantic Ocean (east of Florida) to Africa (Gabon (landfall), the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the 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.
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.

## Photo gallery

* Wind angle view in Agüimes, Las Palmas during the eclipse
* An eclipse monument in Pakwach, Uganda
* From Ottawa, Canada at sunrise, 11:24 UTC
* From Liberty State Park, New Jersey at sunrise, 11:37 UTC
* From Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey at sunrise, 11:40 UTC
* From Melbourne, Florida at sunrise, 11:45 UTC
* Partial from Las Palmas, Canary Islands, 12:01 UTC
* Partial from Tétouan, Morocco, 12:27 UTC
* Partial from Bayeux, Brazil, 12:35 UTC
* Partial from Lake Turkana, Kenya, 13:54 UTC
* From Triolet, Mauritius at sunset, 14:18 UTC
* From Bunia, DR Congo at greatest eclipse, 14:22 UTC
* From Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at sunset, 14:50 UTC

## Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
November 3, 2013 Solar Eclipse Times :
| Event | Time (UTC) |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2013 November 03 at 10:05:41.2 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2013 November 03 at 11:06:24.6 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2013 November 03 at 11:06:26.7 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2013 November 03 at 11:06:28.9 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 2013 November 03 at 12:14:17.3 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2013 November 03 at 12:39:54.2 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2013 November 03 at 12:47:36.1 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2013 November 03 at 12:51:04.5 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2013 November 03 at 12:51:58.3 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 2013 November 03 at 13:21:08.2 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2013 November 03 at 14:28:50.1 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2013 November 03 at 14:28:50.4 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2013 November 03 at 14:28:50.8 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2013 November 03 at 15:29:29.3 UTC |
November 3, 2013 Solar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.01587 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.03200 |
| Gamma | 0.32715 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 14h35m19.9s |
| Sun Declination | -15°12'22.5" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'07.4" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 14h35m37.0s |
| Moon Declination | -14°53'30.7" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'07.6" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°59'11.0" |
| ΔT | 67.2 s |

## Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
Eclipse season of October–November 2013 :
| October 18 Descending node (full moon) | November 3 Ascending node (new moon) |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 117 | Hybrid solar eclipse Solar Saros 143 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 2013

* A partial lunar eclipse on April 25.
* An annular solar eclipse on May 10.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on May 25.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 18.
* A hybrid solar eclipse on November 3.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 15, 2010
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 28, 2004
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 8, 2022

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2002
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024

### Solar Saros 143

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2031

### Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 22, 1984
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2042

### Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1927
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 4, 2100

### Solar eclipses of 2011–2014

This eclipse is a member of a 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.
The partial solar eclipses on January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2011 to 2014 :
| Descending node | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
| 118 Partial in Tromsø, Norway | June 1, 2011 Partial | 1.21300 | 123 Hinode XRT footage | November 25, 2011 Partial | −1.05359 |
| 128 Annularity in Red Bluff, CA, USA | May 20, 2012 Annular | 0.48279 | 133 Totality in Mount Carbine, Queensland, Australia | November 13, 2012 Total | −0.37189 |
| 138 Annularity in Churchills Head, Australia | May 10, 2013 Annular | −0.26937 | 143 Partial in Libreville, Gabon | November 3, 2013 Hybrid | 0.32715 |
| 148 Partial in Adelaide, Australia | April 29, 2014 Annular (non-central) | −0.99996 | 153 Partial in Minneapolis, MN, USA | October 23, 2014 Partial | 1.09078 |

### Saros 143

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on March 7, 1617. It contains total eclipses from June 24, 1797 through October 24, 1995; 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, 2897. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality was produced by member 16 at 3 minutes, 50 seconds on August 19, 1887, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 51 at 4 minutes, 54 seconds on September 6, 2518. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.
Series members 12–33 occur between 1801 and 2200: :
| 12 | 13 | 14 |
| July 6, 1815 | July 17, 1833 | July 28, 1851 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 |
| August 7, 1869 | August 19, 1887 | August 30, 1905 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 |
| September 10, 1923 | September 21, 1941 | October 2, 1959 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 |
| October 12, 1977 | October 24, 1995 | November 3, 2013 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 |
| November 14, 2031 | November 25, 2049 | December 6, 2067 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 |
| December 16, 2085 | December 29, 2103 | January 8, 2122 |
| 30 | 31 | 32 |
| January 20, 2140 | January 30, 2158 | February 10, 2176 |
| 33 |
| February 21, 2194 |

### 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.
20 eclipse events between June 10, 1964 and August 21, 2036 :
| June 10–11 | March 28–29 | January 14–16 | 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 |

### 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.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| June 16, 1806 (Saros 124) | May 16, 1817 (Saros 125) | April 14, 1828 (Saros 126) | March 15, 1839 (Saros 127) | February 12, 1850 (Saros 128) |
| January 11, 1861 (Saros 129) | December 12, 1871 (Saros 130) | November 10, 1882 (Saros 131) | October 9, 1893 (Saros 132) | September 9, 1904 (Saros 133) |
| August 10, 1915 (Saros 134) | July 9, 1926 (Saros 135) | June 8, 1937 (Saros 136) | May 9, 1948 (Saros 137) | April 8, 1959 (Saros 138) |
| March 7, 1970 (Saros 139) | February 4, 1981 (Saros 140) | January 4, 1992 (Saros 141) | December 4, 2002 (Saros 142) | November 3, 2013 (Saros 143) |
| October 2, 2024 (Saros 144) | September 2, 2035 (Saros 145) | August 2, 2046 (Saros 146) | July 1, 2057 (Saros 147) | May 31, 2068 (Saros 148) |
| May 1, 2079 (Saros 149) | March 31, 2090 (Saros 150) | February 28, 2101 (Saros 151) | January 29, 2112 (Saros 152) | December 28, 2122 (Saros 153) |
| November 26, 2133 (Saros 154) | October 26, 2144 (Saros 155) | September 26, 2155 (Saros 156) | August 25, 2166 (Saros 157) | July 25, 2177 (Saros 158) |
| June 24, 2188 (Saros 159) | May 24, 2199 (Saros 160) |

### 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.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| March 24, 1811 (Saros 136) | March 4, 1840 (Saros 137) | February 11, 1869 (Saros 138) |
| January 22, 1898 (Saros 139) | January 3, 1927 (Saros 140) | December 14, 1955 (Saros 141) |
| November 22, 1984 (Saros 142) | November 3, 2013 (Saros 143) | October 14, 2042 (Saros 144) |
| September 23, 2071 (Saros 145) | September 4, 2100 (Saros 146) | August 15, 2129 (Saros 147) |
| July 25, 2158 (Saros 148) | July 6, 2187 (Saros 149) | |