Solar eclipse of May 10, 2013

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Solar eclipse of May 10, 2013
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classification
Type Ring-shaped
area Australia , New Zealand , Central Pacific
Annular: Northern Australia , Solomon Islands , Central Pacific
Saros cycle 138 (31 of 70)
Gamma value −0.2695
Greatest eclipse
Duration 6 minutes 3 seconds
place North Pacific northeast of Tarawa
location 2 ° 13 ′  N , 175 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 2 ° 13 ′  N , 175 ° 28 ′  E
time May 10, 2013 12:25:13   UT
size 0.9544

The annular solar eclipse of May 10, 2013 is the second centrally visible eclipse in Australia within six months after the total solar eclipse of November 13, 2012 . In contrast to this previous solar eclipse, in this case the apparent diameter of the moon is not sufficient to completely cover the sun, as there are only three days between the new moon and the distance from the moon. The greatest degree of coverage is 91.5 percent.

course

The annular phase of the eclipse begins near the Canning Stock Route in western Australia. The morning sun is only 2 degrees above the horizon. The Eclipse Path runs northeast over a very sparsely populated desert area and reaches the Gulf of Carpentaria . On the Cape York Peninsula east of the Gulf, the eclipse path crosses that of the November 12, 2012 eclipse, which, in contrast to this eclipse, spread here in a southeastern direction. The moon's shadow moves further northeast at 5000 kilometers per hour, sweeping the Great Barrier Reef and further the Pacific. After half a mile over the sea, the zone of circular visibility touches New Guinea , Woodlark Island and the Solomon Islands . In the further course the coral island of Nauru is painted over, then the Gilbert Islands . The ring-shaped phase of the eclipse ends about 5000 kilometers west of the Peruvian coast.

Part of the darkness can also be seen from Indonesia and New Zealand .

Weather outlook

In the Australian desert there is a 70 percent probability of clear or only slightly cloudy skies, on the east coast the prospects are somewhat less favorable. In tropical New Guinea the rainy season ends in March, on the Solomon Islands further east there is a semi-tropical climate and the rainy season ends there in April.

literature

  • Wolfgang Held: Solar and lunar eclipses and the most important astronomical constellations up to 2017. Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-7725-2231-9 .

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