Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012
{{Short description|Total eclipse}}
{{Infobox solar eclipse|2012Nov13
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A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Tuesday, November 13 and Wednesday, November 14, 2012,{{cite web|title=November 13–14, 2012 Total Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2012-november-13|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=12 August 2024}}{{Cite news
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| date = 2012-11-14
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| title = Thousands watch as solar eclipse casts long shadow
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}} with a magnitude of 1.05. 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 12 hours before perigee (on November 14, 2012, at 10:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=2012&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=12 August 2024}}
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. Totality was visible from parts of Northern Australia. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, West Antarctica, the Antarctic Peninsula, and southern South America.
Visibility
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°.{{cite web|title=Eclipse Calculator – Solar Eclipses in Cairns, Queensland, Australia|url=http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/australia/cairns?iso=20121113|publisher=Time and Date AS|access-date=13 November 2012}} 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.{{cite web|title=Future solar eclipses in New Zealand|url=http://rasnz.org.nz/Eclipses/solar.htm|publisher=Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand|access-date=13 November 2012}}[http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2012_GoogleMapFull.html Total Solar Eclipse of 2012 November 14 in Australia] Xavier M. Jubier
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.{{cite news| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Home/tabid/1125/articleID/276613/Default.aspx| work= 3 News NZ| title= New Zealanders treated to solar eclipse| date= 13 November 2012| access-date= 14 November 2012| archive-date= 29 October 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200252/http://www.3news.co.nz/Home/tabid/1125/articleID/276613/Default.aspx| url-status= dead}} 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.
Photo gallery
File:Solar Eclipse - November 13, 2012 (video).webm|Video of total eclipse in Far North Queensland
File:Nasaeclipse13nov2012.png|Screenshot of NASA video viewed from northern Australia
File:Corona detail from the 2012 total solar eclipse (8215152495).jpg|Totality from Mount Carbine, Queensland, 20:33 UTC
File:Corona (8195008803).jpg|Totality from Mount Mulligan, Queensland, 20:39 UTC
File:Totality through cloud (8183604850).jpg|Totality from Port Douglas, Queensland, 20:40 UTC
File:Diamond Ring ) (8201566986).jpg|Totality with Baily's beads in Mossman Gorge, Queensland, 20:40 UTC
File:Totality through the cloud! (8196169082).jpg|Totality from Trinity Beach, Queensland, 20:41 UTC
File:Photo out of Telescope of Solar Eclipse-11 (8184637649).jpg|Partial from Redcliffe, Queensland, 20:46 UTC
File:Eclipse (8183366631).jpg|Partial from Adelaide, Australia, 20:47 UTC
File:Solar Eclipse (8185958410).jpg|Partial from Brisbane, Australia, 21:07 UTC
File:Solar Eclipse (8297188934).jpg|Partial from Eltham, Victoria, 21:07 UTC
File:Eclipse (2ème photo) (8183360973).jpg|Partial from Nouméa, New Caledonia, 21:09 UTC
File:Eclipse (8183262108).jpg|Partial from Melbourne, Australia, 21:12 UTC
File:Solar Eclipse-4810.jpg|Partial from Tauranga, New Zealand, 21:23 UTC
File:2012 Nov eclipse in Christchurch.jpg|Partial from Christchurch, New Zealand, 21:29 UTC
File:Partial solar eclipse via binoculars (8199471198).jpg|Eclipse projection from Wellington, New Zealand
File:Solar Eclipse seen from Auckland, New Zealand.jpg|Progression from Auckland, New Zealand
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=Total Solar Eclipse of 2012 Nov 13|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2012Nov13Tprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=12 August 2024}}
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|+November 13, 2012 Solar Eclipse Times ! Event ! Time (UTC) |
| First Penumbral External Contact
| 2012 November 13 at 19:39:04.9 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact
| 2012 November 13 at 20:36:15.3 UTC |
| First Central Line
| 2012 November 13 at 20:37:12.9 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact
| 2012 November 13 at 20:38:10.6 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact
| 2012 November 13 at 21:44:49.3 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction
| 2012 November 13 at 22:09:06.9 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse
| 2012 November 13 at 22:12:55.2 UTC |
| Greatest Duration
| 2012 November 13 at 22:15:06.9 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction
| 2012 November 13 at 22:19:11.7 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact
| 2012 November 13 at 22:40:51.6 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact
| 2012 November 13 at 23:47:34.6 UTC |
| Last Central Line
| 2012 November 13 at 23:48:32.9 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact
| 2012 November 13 at 23:49:31.1 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact
| 2012 November 14 at 00:46:41.3 UTC |
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|+November 13, 2012 Solar Eclipse Parameters ! Parameter ! Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude
| 1.05004 |
| Eclipse Obscuration
| 1.10259 |
| Gamma
| −0.37189 |
| Sun Right Ascension
| 15h18m06.7s |
| Sun Declination
| -18°15'02.6" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter
| 16'09.9" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax
| 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension
| 15h17m51.2s |
| Moon Declination
| -18°37'29.5" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter
| 16'42.4" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax
| 1°01'19.0" |
| ΔT
| 66.8 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.
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| Total solar eclipse | Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 145 |
Related eclipses
= Eclipses in 2012 =
- An annular solar eclipse on May 20.
- A partial lunar eclipse on June 4.
- A total solar eclipse on November 13.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 28.
= Metonic =
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016
= Tzolkinex =
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019
= Half-Saros =
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 9, 2003
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 19, 2021
= Tritos =
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2001
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023
= Solar Saros 133 =
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 1994
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030
= Inex =
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 1983
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2041
= Triad =
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1926
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 14, 2099
= Solar eclipses of 2011–2014 =
{{Solar eclipse set 2011–2014}}
= Saros 133 =
{{Solar Saros series 133}}
= Metonic series =
{{Solar Metonic series 1982–2058}}
= Tritos series =
{{Solar Tritos series 2001 December 14}}
= Inex series =
{{Solar Inex series 2012 November 13}}
Notes
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References
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External links
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{{Solar eclipse NASA reference|2001/SE2012Nov13T|20121113}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100204083753/http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~jander/tot2012/tse12intro.htm www.eclipser.ca: Jay Anderson 2012 November 13 Total Solar Eclipse]
- [http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2012-november-13 timeanddate.com Nov 13 - Nov 14, 2012 Total Solar Eclipse] — Animated eclipse viewer
- [http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?collection_id=14483&media_id=155578101&module=homepage NASA video of eclipse, shot in northern Australia]
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