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Solar eclipse of November 3, 1994

{{Short description|Total eclipse}}

{{Infobox solar eclipse|1994Nov03

| previous = Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994

| next = Solar eclipse of April 29, 1995

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A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, November 3, 1994,{{cite web|title=November 3, 1994 Total Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/1994-november-3|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=10 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 1.0535. 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 10 hours after perigee (on November 3, 1994, at 23:40 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=1994&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=10 August 2024}}

Totality was visible in Peru, northern Chile, Bolivia, northern Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and Gough Island of British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The Iguazu Falls, one of the largest waterfalls systems in the world, lay in the path of totality. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Central America, South America, Antarctica, and Southern Africa.

Images

File:SE1994Nov03T.gif

Observations

Jay Pasachoff led an observation team from Williams College in Massachusetts, observing the total eclipse at a military base near Putre, Chile, in the Atacama Desert. The team took images of the corona and measured its brightness. Teams from Japan and South Korea also conducted observations nearby.{{cite web|title=1994 total eclipse|url=http://web.williams.edu/Astronomy/eclipse/eclipse1994/1994total/|publisher=Williams College|archive-date=1 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901210233/https://web.williams.edu/Astronomy/eclipse/eclipse1994/1994total/}} The Russian Academy of Sciences sent a team to Criciúma, Brazil, taking images of the corona in polarized light and proposing reconstruction of its ray structure.{{cite web|title=ON THE STRUCTURE OF 3.11.94 ECLIPSE CORONA|url=http://www.izmiran.ru/info/personalia/molodensky/Eclips94.htm|publisher=IZMIRAN|archive-date=22 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122172008/https://www.izmiran.ru/info/personalia/molodensky/Eclips94.htm}}

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 1994 Nov 03|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1901-2000/SE1994Nov03Tprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=10 August 2024}}

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|+November 3, 1994 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 1994 November 03 at 11:06:00.2 UTC

First Umbral External Contact

| 1994 November 03 at 12:02:38.7 UTC

First Central Line

| 1994 November 03 at 12:03:41.3 UTC

First Umbral Internal Contact

| 1994 November 03 at 12:04:44.0 UTC

First Penumbral Internal Contact

| 1994 November 03 at 13:09:15.5 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 1994 November 03 at 13:36:30.1 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 1994 November 03 at 13:40:06.0 UTC

Greatest Duration

| 1994 November 03 at 13:42:38.8 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 1994 November 03 at 13:48:07.6 UTC

Last Penumbral Internal Contact

| 1994 November 03 at 14:10:44.2 UTC

Last Umbral Internal Contact

| 1994 November 03 at 15:15:21.7 UTC

Last Central Line

| 1994 November 03 at 15:16:24.9 UTC

Last Umbral External Contact

| 1994 November 03 at 15:17:28.1 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 1994 November 03 at 16:14:07.1 UTC

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|+November 3, 1994 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 1.05351

Eclipse Obscuration

| 1.10989

Gamma

| −0.35216

Sun Right Ascension

| 14h33m55.8s

Sun Declination

| -15°05'51.1"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 16'07.4"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.9"

Moon Right Ascension

| 14h33m36.5s

Moon Declination

| -15°26'53.7"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 16'43.0"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 1°01'21.1"

ΔT

| 60.6 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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|+ Eclipse season of November 1994

! November 3
Ascending node (new moon)
!! November 18
Descending node (full moon)

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| Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 133

Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 145

Related eclipses

= Eclipses in 1994 =

= Metonic =

= Tzolkinex =

= Half-Saros =

= Tritos =

= Solar Saros 133 =

= Inex =

= Triad =

= Solar eclipses of 1993–1996 =

{{Solar eclipse set 1993–1996}}

= Saros 133 =

{{Solar_Saros_series_133}}

= Metonic series =

{{Solar Metonic series 1964–2036}}

= Tritos series =

{{Solar Tritos series 2005 October 3}}

= Inex series =

{{Solar Inex series 2023 October 14}}

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/la-prensa-ultimo-eclipse-total-de-sol-de/133629683/

| date = 1994-11-03

| page = 27

| title = Ultimo eclipse total de sol del siglo

| newspaper = La Prensa

| location = Panama City, Panama, Panama

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tyler-courier-times-two-sunrises-da/133629717/

| date = 1994-11-03

| page = 18

| title = Two Sunrises: Dawn Breaks Twice In South America In Rare Solar Eclipse

| newspaper = The Tyler Courier-Times

| location = Tyler, Texas

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/hickory-daily-record-rare-solar-eclipse/133629748/

| date = 1994-11-03

| page = 35

| title = Rare Solar Eclipse Amazes People In South America

| newspaper = Hickory Daily Record

| location = Hickory, North Carolina

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-sun-rises-twice-in-rare-solar/133629792/

| date = 1994-11-03

| page = 9

| title = Sun rises twice in rare solar eclipse

| newspaper = The Times

| location = Streator, Illinois

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-s-america-capt/133629819/

| date = 1994-11-03

| page = 27

| title = S. America captivated by rare eclipse of the sun

| newspaper = Fort Worth Star-Telegram

| location = Fort Worth, Texas

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-galion-inquirer-rare-solar-eclipse-y/133629523/

| date = 1994-11-03

| page = 3

| title = Rare solar eclipse yields two sunrises

| newspaper = The Galion Inquirer

| location = Galion, Ohio

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/la-prensa-eclipse-de-sol-oscurecer-hoy/133629419/

| date = 1994-11-03

| page = 43

| title = Eclipse de sol oscurecerá hoy a cinco países sudamericanos

| newspaper = La Prensa

| location = Panama City, Panama, Panama

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pantagraph-brazilian-sky-watchers-wa/133629452/

| date = 1994-11-03

| page = 5

| title = Brazilian sky watchers wait for eclipse

| newspaper = The Pantagraph

| location = Bloomington, Illinois

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-tribune-eclipse-shrouds/133629475/

| date = 1994-11-03

| page = 9

| title = Eclipse shrouds South America

| newspaper = The Daily Herald-Tribune

| location = Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-a-day-with-2-sunr/133629577/

| date = 1994-11-03

| page = 6

| title = A day with 2 sunrises

| newspaper = The South Bend Tribune

| location = South Bend, Indiana

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

}}

External links

{{Solar eclipse NASA reference|1951/SE1994Nov03T|19941103}}

Photos:

  • [http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/Eclipse/Ecl1994ch/0-info.htm Chile and Brazil, Prof. Druckmüller's eclipse photography site]
  • [http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/Eclipse/Ecl1994b/0-info.htm Bolivia, Prof. Druckmüller's eclipse photography site]
  • [http://www.izmiran.ru/info/personalia/molodensky/Eclips94.htm ON THE STRUCTURE OF 3.11.94 ECLIPSE CORONA]
  • [http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/Solar_Corona_Shape_pg03.html Solar Corona Shape]
  • [http://www.krysstal.com/ec1994.html The 1994 Eclipse in Chile]

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