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	72.7°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

Eclipses of 2003

Solar eclipses 2000–2003

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.[1]

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	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
117	2000 July 1 Partial (south)	-1.28214	122	2000 December 25 Partial (north)	1.13669
127 Totality from Lusaka, Zambia	2001 June 21 Total	-0.57013	132 Partial from Minneapolis, MN	2001 December 14 Annular	0.40885
137 Partial from Los Angeles, CA	2002 June 10 Annular	0.19933	142 Totality from Woomera	2002 December 4 Total	-0.30204
147 Culloden, Scotland	2003 May 31 Annular	0.99598	152	2003 November 23 Total	-0.96381

Saros 152

Solar saros 152, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 26, 1805. It has total eclipses from November 2, 1967, to September 14, 2490; hybrid eclipses from September 26, 2508, to October 17, 2544; and annular eclipses from October 29, 2562, to June 16, 2941. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 20, 3049. The longest total eclipse will occur on June 9, 2328, at 5 minutes and 15 seconds; the longest annular eclipse will occur on February 16, 2743, at 5 minutes and 20 seconds.[2]

Series members 7–17 occur between 1901 and 2100:
7	8	9
September 30, 1913	October 11, 1931	October 21, 1949
10	11	12
November 2, 1967	November 12, 1985	November 23, 2003
13	14	15
December 4, 2021	December 15, 2039	December 26, 2057
16	17
January 6, 2076	January 16, 2094

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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011.
September 11-12	June 30-July 1	April 17-19	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	158	160	162
September 11, 2007	July 1, 2011	April 18, 2015	February 4, 2019	November 23, 2022

Notes

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.
Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.

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 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

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[1] 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.

[2] Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.