A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Tuesday, November 13 and Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 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.

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°. 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.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. 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.

Eclipse timing Places experiencing total eclipse Solar Eclipse of November 13, 2012(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of total eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of total eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of totality (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum magnitude Cairns 05:44:45 06:38:35 06:39:35 06:40:36 07:40:25 2:01 1:56 1.0136 Gordonvale 05:44:55 06:38:53 06:39:46 06:40:40 07:40:37 1:47 1:56 1.0093References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of November 13, 2012(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Jayapura 05:14:42 (sunrise) 05:28:11 06:21:40 1:07 60.25% Port Moresby 05:39:30 (sunrise) 06:32:45 07:31:59 1:52 76.38% Yaren 07:47:50 08:32:57 09:22:36 1:35 18.93% Honiara 06:40:12 07:36:22 08:39:27 1:59 57.13% Darwin 06:10:43 (sunrise) 06:13:04 07:01:06 0:50 87.62% Manokwari 05:43:29 (sunrise) 05:45:47 06:20:05 0:37 45.76% Port Vila 06:48:22 07:51:56 09:04:13 2:16 71.43% Funafuti 07:58:47 08:53:34 09:54:57 1:56 23.52% Brisbane 05:56:22 06:54:26 07:58:57 2:03 80.08% Nouméa 06:51:40 07:56:16 09:09:31 2:18 89.95% Adelaide 06:42:54 07:30:51 08:22:31 1:40 42.06% Sydney 07:07:12 08:02:45 09:03:42 1:57 59.50% Canberra 07:10:11 08:03:58 09:02:41 1:53 53.21% Suva 08:57:47 10:04:49 11:21:03 2:23 55.03% Baucau 06:03:47 (sunrise) 06:06:06 06:28:00 0:24 30.42% Melbourne 07:16:08 08:06:19 09:00:32 1:44 42.34% Mata Utu 08:05:18 09:07:11 10:16:51 2:12 30.35% Kingston 07:31:17 08:37:36 09:52:12 2:21 98.35% Perth 05:09:17 (sunrise) 05:16:12 05:41:40 0:32 21.83% Apia 10:14:35 11:16:40 12:25:54 2:11 25.24% Nuku'alofa 09:08:33 10:19:59 11:40:25 2:32 54.27% Auckland 09:18:10 10:27:31 11:44:01 2:26 84.90% Alofi 09:17:43 10:28:04 11:46:14 2:29 38.78% Rarotonga 10:43:27 11:57:38 13:15:44 2:32 32.56% Stanley 19:41:08 20:16:49 20:20:53 (sunset) 0:40 23.04% Santiago 19:50:15 20:18:53 20:21:40 (sunset) 0:31 43.09% Neuquén 19:46:53 20:19:51 20:23:14 (sunset) 0:36 45.47% Adamstown 14:08:43 15:20:53 16:25:14 2:17 37.99% Bariloche 19:45:29 20:34:50 20:41:33 (sunset) 0:56 57.47% Easter Island 17:40:13 18:45:09 19:43:05 2:03 61.62%References:

Gallery

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.

+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

+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

Eclipse season

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.

+ Eclipse season of November 2012 November 13Ascending node (new moon) November 28Descending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 133 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar 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

Saros 133

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

Notes

References

External links

www.eclipser.ca: Jay Anderson 2012 November 13 Total Solar Eclipse timeanddate.com Nov 13 - Nov 14, 2012 Total Solar Eclipse — Animated eclipse viewer NASA video of eclipse, shot in northern Australia