Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013
| Hybrid eclipse | |
Partial from Libreville, Gabon | |
Map | |
| Gamma | 0.3272 |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 1.0159 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 100 s (1 min 40 s) |
| Coordinates | 3°30′N 11°42′W / 3.5°N 11.7°W |
| Max. width of band | 58 km (36 mi) |
| 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 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 hybrid solar eclipse is a rare type of solar eclipse that changes its appearance from annular to total and back as the Moon's shadow moves across the Earth's surface. Totality occurs between the annularity paths across the surface of the Earth, 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.