Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003

Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	-0.9638
Magnitude	1.0379
Maximum eclipse
Duration	117 sec (1 m 57 s)
Coordinates	72°42′S 88°24′E / 72.7°S 88.4°E
Max. width of band	495 km (308 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	22:50:22
References
Saros	152 (12 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9516

A total solar eclipse took place on November 23, 2003 with a magnitude of 1.0379. 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. It was visible from a corridor in the Antarctic region. A partial eclipse was seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including the southern tip of South America and most of Australia.

For most solar eclipses the path of totality moves eastwards. In this case the path moved south and then west round Antarctica.

Images

Animated map

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 2000-2003

Each member 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.

Note: Partial solar eclipses on February 5, 2000 and July 31, 2000 occur in the previous lunar year set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2000–2003

Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Map		Saros	Map
117	July 1, 2000 Partial (south)		122	December 25, 2000 Partial (north)
127 Totality from Zambia	June 21, 2001 Total		132 Partial from Minneapolis, MN	December 14, 2001 Annular
137 Partial Los Angeles, CA	June 10, 2002 Annular		142	December 4, 2002 Total
147 Partial from Belfort	May 31, 2003 Annular		152	November 23, 2003 Total

Metonic series

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).

This series has 22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011.

September 11-12	June 30-July 1	April 18-19	February 4-5	November 22-23
114	116	118	120	122
September 12, 1931	June 30, 1935	April 19, 1939	February 4, 1943	November 23, 1946
124	126	128	130	132
September 12, 1950	June 30, 1954	April 19, 1958	February 5, 1962	November 23, 1965
134	136	138	140	142
September 11, 1969	June 30, 1973	April 18, 1977	February 4, 1981	November 22, 1984
144	146	148	150	152
September 11, 1988	June 30, 1992	April 17, 1996	February 5, 2000	November 23, 2003
154	156
September 11, 2007	July 1, 2011

Notes

References

• Fred Espenak and Jay Anderson. "Total Solar Eclipse of 2003 November 23". NASA, July 2003.

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements
  • NASA graphics
• Google Map

Photos:

• Prof. Druckmüller's eclipse photography site. Flight over Antarctica
• Images from Antarctica by Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society
• APOD 8/5/2004, An Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse
• APOD 11/27/2003, The Long Shadow of the Moon, Total solar eclipse from satellite over Antarctica