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Solar eclipse of May 10, 2013

{{short description|21st-century annular solar eclipse}}

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An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Thursday, May 9 and Friday, May 10, 2013,{{cite web|title=May 9–10, 2013 Annular Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2013-may-10|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=12 August 2024}}{{Cite news

| url = https://newspapers.com/article/pacific-daily-news-aussies-see-ring-of/134086849/

| date = 2013-05-11

| page = A10

| title = Aussies see 'ring of fire' eclipse

| newspaper = Pacific Daily News

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| access-date = 2023-10-26

}}{{Cite news

| url = https://newspapers.com/article/the-galion-inquirer-ring-of-fire-eclip/134086940/

| date = 2013-05-11

| page = 3

| title = "Ring of fire' eclipse crosses Australia, Pacific

| newspaper = The Galion Inquirer

| location =

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| access-date = 2023-10-26

}} with a magnitude of 0.9544. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 3.6 days before apogee (on May 13, 2013, at 14:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=2013&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=12 August 2024}}

Annularity was visible from parts of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia, the Louisiade Archipelago (belonging to Papua New Guinea), the Solomon Islands, and Kiribati. All land within the path of annularity was west of the 180th meridian, except Tabuaeran in Kiribati. However, time zone of the Line Islands including Tabuaeran was changed from UTC−10 to UTC+14 in 1995, so annular eclipse visible from land was completely on May 10.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, and Hawaii. Part of these areas are west of the 180th meridian, seeing the eclipse on May 10, and the rest east of the 180th meridian, seeing the eclipse on May 9.

Visibility

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|File:SolarEclipse2013May10A.GIF
Animation of eclipse path

Annularity was visible from a 171 to 225 kilometre-wide track that traversed Australia, eastern Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Gilbert Islands, with the maximum of 6 minutes 3 seconds visible from the Pacific Ocean east of French Polynesia.

Images

File:Sol ecl ann 2013-5-10.PNG|Simulation of greatest annularity east of Marakei, Kiribati.

File:Eclipse 10th May 2013, Barkly Tablelands.JPG|Anthony Lagoon, Australia, 22:20 GMT (May 9)

File:Most eclipse at 8 30am (8724535645).jpg|Partial from Manly Beach, New South Wales, 22:30 GMT (May 9)

File:Annular Eclipse (on the cheap) (8724726923).jpg|Partial from Docklands, Victoria, 22:49 GMT (May 9)

File:Solar eclipse (8725319204).jpg|Partial from Rockhampton, Queensland, 22:57 GMT (May 9)

File:Annul (2016 03 21 21 16 42 UTC).jpg|Bairiki, Kiribati, 0:15 GMT

File:Solar eclipse visible in coconut leaf shadow.jpg|Eclipse shadows from a coconut leaf shadow. From Tarawa, Kiribati at 0:30 GMT

File:May 9 2013 Partial Solar Eclipse from Hawaii - 2.jpg|Partial from Waikiki, Hawaii, 2:12 GMT

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.{{cite web|title=Annular Solar Eclipse of 2013 May 10|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2013May10Aprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=12 August 2024}}

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|+May 10, 2013 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 2013 May 09 at 21:26:16.9 UTC

First Umbral External Contact

| 2013 May 09 at 22:31:41.4 UTC

First Central Line

| 2013 May 09 at 22:33:47.5 UTC

First Umbral Internal Contact

| 2013 May 09 at 22:35:53.8 UTC

First Penumbral Internal Contact

| 2013 May 09 at 23:46:27.1 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 2013 May 10 at 00:20:48.1 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 2013 May 10 at 00:26:20.3 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 2013 May 10 at 00:29:30.5 UTC

Greatest Duration

| 2013 May 10 at 00:36:27.6 UTC

Last Penumbral Internal Contact

| 2013 May 10 at 01:06:21.8 UTC

Last Umbral Internal Contact

| 2013 May 10 at 02:16:49.4 UTC

Last Central Line

| 2013 May 10 at 02:18:57.6 UTC

Last Umbral External Contact

| 2013 May 10 at 02:21:05.6 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 2013 May 10 at 03:26:30.5 UTC

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|+May 10, 2013 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.95443

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.91093

Gamma

| −0.26937

Sun Right Ascension

| 03h08m17.4s

Sun Declination

| +17°36'34.3"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 15'50.4"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.7"

Moon Right Ascension

| 03h08m28.1s

Moon Declination

| +17°22'06.3"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 14'53.8"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°54'40.4"

ΔT

| 67.0 s

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Eclipse season

{{See also|Eclipse cycle}}

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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

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|+ Eclipse season of April–May 2013

! April 25
Ascending node (full moon)
!! May 10
Descending node (new moon)
!! May 25
Ascending node (full moon)

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| Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 112

Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 138		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 150

Related eclipses

= Eclipses in 2013 =

= Metonic =

= Tzolkinex =

= Half-Saros =

= Tritos =

= Solar Saros 138 =

= Inex =

= Triad =

= Solar eclipses of 2011–2014 =

{{Solar eclipse set 2011–2014}}

= Saros 138 =

{{Solar Saros series 138}}

= Metonic series =

{{Solar Metonic series 1971–2047}}

= Tritos series =

{{Solar Trito series 2002 June 10}}

= Inex series =

{{Solar Inex series 2013 May 10}}

References

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{{commons category|Solar eclipse of 2013 May 10}}

{{Solar eclipse NASA reference|2001/SE2013May10A|20130510}}

  • Photos:
  • [http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130511.html Cape York Annular Eclipse] APOD, 5/11/13
  • [http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130513.html Partial Solar Eclipse with Airplane] APOD, 5/13/13

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