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Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Tuesday, November 13 and Wednesday, November 14, 2012,[1][2] with a magnitude of 1.05. Because it crossed the International Date Line it began in local time on November 14 west of the date line over northern Australia, and ended in local time on November 13 east of the date line near the west coast of South America. The eclipse occurred only 12 hours before perigee (Perigee on 2012 Nov 14 at 10:11:48 UTC), with greatest eclipse totality lasting just over four minutes. 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.

Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012
Totality as seen from Mount Carbine, Queensland
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Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.3719
Magnitude1.05
Maximum eclipse
Duration242 s (4 min 2 s)
Coordinates40°00′S 161°18′W / 40°S 161.3°W / -40; -161.3
Max. width of band179 km (111 mi)
Times (UTC)
(P1) Partial begin19:37:58
(U1) Total begin20:35:08
Greatest eclipse22:12:55
(U4) Total end23:48:24
(P4) Partial end0:45:34
References
Saros133 (45 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9536

It was the 45th eclipse of the 133rd Saros cycle, which began with a partial eclipse on July 13, 1219 and will conclude with a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499.

Summary of the total solar eclipse of 13 November 2012

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Eclipse characteristics

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Eclipse magnitude = 1.05004

Eclipse obscuration = 1.10259

Gamma = -0.37189

Saros Series = 133rd (45 of 72)

Conjunction times

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Greatest eclipse = 13 Nov 2012 22:11:48.2 UTC (22:12:55.2 TD)

Ecliptic conjunction = 13 Nov 2012 22:07:59.9 UTC (22:09:06.9 TD)

Equatorial conjunction = 13 Nov 2012 22:18:04.7 UTC (22:19:11.7 TD)

Geocentric coordinates of Sun and Moon

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Sun right ascension = 15 hours, 18 minutes, 6.7 seconds

Moon right ascension = 15 hours, 17 minutes, 51.2 seconds

Earth's shadow right ascension = 3 hours, 18 minutes, 6.7 seconds

Sun declination = 18 degrees, 15 minutes, 2.6 seconds south of Celestial Equator

Moon declination = 18 degrees, 37 minutes, 29.5 seconds south of Celestial Equator

Earth's shadow declination = 18 degrees, 15 minutes, 2.6 seconds north of Celestial Equator

Sun diameter = 1939.8 arcseconds

Moon diameter = 2004.8 arcseconds

Geocentric libration of Moon

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Latitude: 1.0 degrees south

Longitude: 0.5 degrees east

Direction: 16.5 (NNE)

Visibility

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For this eclipse, totality was visible from northern Australia to about 470 km north of the Chilean Juan Fernández Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean where totality ended. The most populous city to experience totality was Cairns, which had around 2 minutes of totality an hour after daybreak (06:39 AEST, 20:39 UTC) with the sun at an altitude of 14°.[3] Norfolk Island, a small Pacific island east of Australia, experienced a partial eclipse with a maximum eclipse of 98% of the sun obscured at 08:37 NFT and an altitude of 42°.

New Zealand experienced a partial eclipse. Auckland had 84.8% of the sun obscured, whereas Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin respectively had 71.2%, 61.9% and 52.9% of the sun obscured. Maximum eclipse over New Zealand occurred around 10:30 NZDT (21:30 UTC), with Auckland at 10:27, Wellington at 10:34, Christchurch at 10:35 and Dunedin at 10:36.[4][5]

Most of Chile and parts of Argentina saw a partial eclipse at sunset. In some places over half the sun was obscured. In Chile, Talcahuano in Biobío saw 72% obscured, Castro in Los Lagos saw 56% obscured. Chilean coastal locations were ideally situated to observe an eclipsing sunset over the Pacific Ocean. Points further north, up to about Chañaral, saw the eclipse begin as the sun was setting.

West of the International Date Line the eclipse took place on the morning of November 14. The maximum eclipse totality, of duration 4 min 2 sec, occurred east of the International Date Line on November 13, approximately 2,000 km east of New Zealand, and 9,600 km west of Chile.

On the morning of November 14, skies in Auckland were cloudy, obscuring much of the eclipse, which peaked at 10:27 NZDT.[6] Cloud also obscured the moment of totality at Cairns, disappointing many tourists that had flocked to the area. Eclipse chasers along the northern beaches up through to Port Douglas generally got a clear view, however.

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Eclipses of 2012

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 133

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2011–2014

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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.[7]

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   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 133

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435 through January 13, 1526; a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544; and total eclipses from February 3, 1562 through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. 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 annularity was produced by member 25 at 1 minutes, 14 seconds on November 30, 1453, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 61 at 6 minutes, 50 seconds on August 7, 1850. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[8]

Series members 34–55 occur between 1801 and 2200:
34 35 36
 
July 17, 1814 		 
July 27, 1832 		 
August 7, 1850
37 38 39
 
August 18, 1868 		 
August 29, 1886 		 
September 9, 1904
40 41 42
 
September 21, 1922 		 
October 1, 1940 		 
October 12, 1958
43 44 45
 
October 23, 1976 		 
November 3, 1994 		 
November 13, 2012
46 47 48
 
November 25, 2030 		 
December 5, 2048 		 
December 17, 2066
49 50 51
 
December 27, 2084 		 
January 8, 2103 		 
January 19, 2121
52 53 54
 
January 30, 2139 		 
February 9, 2157 		 
February 21, 2175
55
 
March 3, 2193

Tritos series

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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.

Inex series

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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.

Inex series members between 1901 and 2100:
 
January 14, 1926
(Saros 130) 		 
December 25, 1954
(Saros 131) 		 
December 4, 1983
(Saros 132)
 
November 13, 2012
(Saros 133) 		 
October 25, 2041
(Saros 134) 		 
October 4, 2070
(Saros 135)
 
September 14, 2099
(Saros 136)

Metonic series

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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 between June 21, 1982, and June 21, 2058
June 21 April 8–9 January 26 November 13–14 September 1–2
107 109 111 113 115
June 21, 1963 April 9, 1967 January 26, 1971 November 14, 1974 September 2, 1978
117 119 121 123 125
 
June 21, 1982 		 
April 9, 1986 		 
January 26, 1990 		 
November 13, 1993 		 
September 2, 1997
127 129 131 133 135
 
June 21, 2001 		 
April 8, 2005 		 
January 26, 2009 		 
November 13, 2012 		 
September 1, 2016
137 139 141 143 145
 
June 21, 2020 		 
April 8, 2024 		 
January 26, 2028 		 
November 14, 2031 		 
September 2, 2035
147 149 151 153 155
 
June 21, 2039 		 
April 9, 2043 		 
January 26, 2047 		 
November 14, 2050 		 
September 2, 2054
157
 
June 21, 2058

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Aussies take in solar eclipse". Tulsa World. 2012-11-14. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-10-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Thousands watch as solar eclipse casts long shadow". The Province. 2012-11-14. p. 34. Retrieved 2023-10-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Cairns, Queensland, Australia". Time and Date AS. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Future solar eclipses in New Zealand". Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  5. ^ Total Solar Eclipse of 2012 November 14 in Australia Xavier M. Jubier
  6. ^ "New Zealanders treated to solar eclipse". 3 News NZ. 13 November 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 133". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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