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 s (1 min 57 s)
Coordinates	72.7°S 88.4°E / -72.7; 88.4
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. Template:Total solar eclipse summary

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.

Images

Animated map

Related eclipses

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.

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

Solar eclipse series sets from 2000 to 2003

Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma		Saros	Map	Gamma
117	2000 July 01 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 04 Total	−0.30204
147 Culloden, Scotland	2003 May 31 Annular	0.99598		152	2003 November 23 Total	−0.96381

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
September 11, 2007	July 1, 2011

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
• [1] APOD 8/5/2004, An Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse
• [2] APOD 11/27/2003, The Long Shadow of the Moon, Total solar eclipse from satellite over Antarctica