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November 3, 2013 Total Solar Eclipse

A total solar eclipse will be visible from parts of Africa on November 3, 2013. The eclipse will be partial for people in some parts of Asia, Europe, North America and South America.

This is a hybrid eclipse because it is both a total and an annular eclipse.

This eclipse was visible in Washington DC - go to local timings and animation

What the Eclipse Looked Like Near the Maximum Point

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Where the Eclipse Was Seen

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Path of the Eclipse Shadow

Regions that saw, at least, a partial eclipse: South/West Europe, West in Asia, Africa, South/East North America, North/East South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean.

Observers in the eastern coast of the United States, northern South America, southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa will be able to see a partial eclipse.

The eclipse will reach its maximum over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Liberia.

The whole eclipse will be visible to observers in Gabon, Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo.

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This eclipse was visible in Washington DC - go to local timings and animation

Eclipse Shadow Path

Portion of Sun covered by the Moon (Eclipse obscuration)

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When the Eclipse Happened Worldwide — Timeline

The eclipse started at one location and ended at another. The times below are actual times (in UTC) when the eclipse occurred. This calculation uses a Delta T value of 67.2 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Washington DC*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginNov 3 at 10:04:34Nov 3 at 5:04:34 am
First location to see the full eclipse beginNov 3 at 11:05:18Nov 3 at 6:05:18 am
Maximum EclipseNov 3 at 12:46:29Nov 3 at 7:46:29 am
Last location to see the full eclipse endNov 3 at 14:27:43Nov 3 at 9:27:43 am
Last location to see the partial eclipse endNov 3 at 15:28:22Nov 3 at 10:28:22 am

* These local times do not refer to a specific location but indicate the beginning, peak, and end of the eclipse on a global scale, each line referring to a different location. Please note that the local times for Washington DC are meant as a guideline in case you want to view the eclipse via a live webcam. See the actual times the eclipse is visible in Washington DC.

Upcoming eclipses visible in Washington DC

Next Total Solar Eclipse will be on Mar 20, 2015

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndTotality Duration
Congo
Total Solar Eclipse
1:21 pm WAT4:22 pm WAT7m, 49s
Congo Democratic Republic
Total Solar Eclipse
1:26 pm WAT6:28 pm EAT15m, 31s
Ethiopia
Total Solar Eclipse
4:06 pm EAT6:25 pm EAT1m, 58s
Gabon
Total Solar Eclipse
1:10 pm WAT4:20 pm WAT12m, 5s
Kenya
Total Solar Eclipse
4:09 pm EAT6:28 pm EAT1m, 45s
Somalia
Total Solar Eclipse
4:17 pm EAT6:04 pm EAT2s
Uganda
Total Solar Eclipse
3:04 pm CAT6:28 pm EAT2m, 45s
Albania
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:08 pm CET2:49 pm CET---
Algeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:15 am WET3:39 pm CET---
Andorra
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:29 pm CET2:03 pm CET---
Angola
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:25 pm WAT5:24 pm CAT---
Anguilla
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:12 am AST8:12 am AST---
Antigua and Barbuda
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:06 am AST8:13 am AST---
Armenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:21 pm AMT3:58 pm EET---
Aruba
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:33 am AST7:59 am AST---
Azerbaijan
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:51 pm IRST5:24 pm IRST---
Bahrain
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:19 pm AST4:53 pm AST---
Barbados
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:09 am AST8:14 am AST---
Belize
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:52 am CST5:53 am CST---
Benin
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:38 am GMT3:58 pm WAT---
Bermuda
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:37 am AST8:14 am AST---
Botswana
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:07 pm CAT5:12 pm CAT---
Brazil
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:21 am BRT10:35 am BRT---
British Virgin Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:18 am AST8:10 am AST---
Bulgaria
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:19 pm EET3:48 pm EET---
Burkina Faso
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:17 am GMT3:50 pm WAT---
Burundi
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:04 pm CAT5:28 pm CAT---
Cabo Verde
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:27 am CVT12:40 pm CVT---
Cameroon
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:06 pm WAT4:20 pm WAT---
Canada
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:58 am NST8:49 am NST---
Caribbean Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:11 am AST8:11 am AST---
Cayman Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:21 am EST6:58 am EST---
Central African Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:25 pm WAT4:25 pm WAT---
Chad
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:21 pm WAT4:18 pm WAT---
Colombia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:53 am VET6:58 am COT---
Comoros
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:32 pm EAT6:07 pm EAT---
Costa Rica
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:21 am EST5:46 am CST---
Cote d'Ivoire
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:09 am GMT2:49 pm GMT---
Cuba
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:59 am CST7:02 am CST---
Curaçao
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:28 am AST8:00 am AST---
Cyprus
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:12 pm EET2:32 pm GMT---
Djibouti
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:16 pm EAT5:47 pm EAT---
Dominica
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:08 am AST8:13 am AST---
Dominican Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:34 am AST8:06 am AST---
Ecuador
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:49 am COT6:28 am ECT---
Egypt
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:53 pm EET6:07 pm EAT---
El Salvador
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:47 am CST5:48 am CST---
Equatorial Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:01 pm WAT4:16 pm WAT---
Eritrea
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:10 pm EAT6:05 pm EAT---
Eswatini
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:44 pm SAST4:50 pm SAST---
France
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:19 pm CET2:16 pm CET---
French Guiana
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:19 am GFT9:25 am GFT---
French Southern Territories
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:36 pm TFT8:10 pm TFT---
Gambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:45 am GMT2:09 pm GMT---
Georgia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:22 pm AZT6:05 pm GET---
Ghana
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:25 am GMT2:56 pm GMT---
Gibraltar
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:42 pm CET2:25 pm CET---
Greece
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:02 pm EET4:21 pm EET---
Greenland
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:14 am WGT9:10 am WGT---
Grenada
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:11 am AST8:11 am AST---
Guadeloupe
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:07 am AST8:13 am AST---
Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:50 am GMT2:33 pm GMT---
Guinea-Bissau
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:45 am GMT2:12 pm GMT---
Guyana
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:46 am VET8:14 am GYT---
Haiti
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:47 am EST7:03 am EST---
Honduras
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:30 am CST5:54 am CST---
Iran
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:18 pm AST5:02 pm AST---
Iraq
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:15 pm AST5:31 pm AST---
Israel
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:10 pm EET4:49 pm IST---
Italy
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:38 pm CET2:57 pm CET---
Jamaica
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:04 am EST6:59 am EST---
Jordan
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:10 pm EEST5:50 pm EEST---
Kuwait
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:18 pm AST5:05 pm AST---
Lebanon
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:13 pm IST4:39 pm EET---
Lesotho
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:51 pm SAST4:37 pm SAST---
Liberia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:01 am GMT2:39 pm GMT---
Libya
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:17 pm CET4:04 pm WAT---
Madagascar
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:38 pm EAT6:09 pm EAT---
Malawi
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:17 pm EAT6:24 pm EAT---
Mali
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:56 am GMT3:45 pm WAT---
Malta
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:46 pm CET2:59 pm CET---
Martinique
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:08 am AST8:13 am AST---
Mauritania
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:45 am GMT2:25 pm GMT---
Mauritius
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:41 pm MUT6:20 pm MUT---
Mayotte
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:36 pm EAT6:01 pm EAT---
Mexico
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:51 am CST5:57 am CST---
Montserrat
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:07 am AST8:12 am AST---
Morocco
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:45 am GMT1:49 pm WET---
Mozambique
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:19 pm CAT5:22 pm CAT---
Namibia
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:44 pm WAT5:13 pm CAT---
Nicaragua
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:26 am CST5:51 am CST---
Niger
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:36 am GMT4:04 pm WAT---
Nigeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:45 pm WAT4:12 pm WAT---
North Macedonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:14 pm CET2:42 pm CET---
Oman
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:20 pm GST5:56 pm GST---
Palestine
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:11 pm EET4:44 pm EET---
Panama
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:57 am COT6:47 am EST---
Peru
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:50 am COT6:28 am COT---
Portugal
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:39 am AZOT1:25 pm WET---
Puerto Rico
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:21 am AST8:09 am AST---
Qatar
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:19 pm AST4:53 pm AST---
Reunion
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:00 pm RET6:29 pm RET---
Russia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:22 pm AZT6:03 pm GET---
Rwanda
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:04 pm CAT5:28 pm CAT---
Saint Helena
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:18 am GMT2:42 pm GMT---
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:09 am AST8:12 am AST---
Saint Lucia
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:09 am AST8:12 am AST---
Saint Martin
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:12 am AST8:11 am AST---
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:29 am PMST9:17 am PMST---
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:10 am AST8:12 am AST---
Sao Tome and Principe
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:03 pm GMT3:10 pm GMT---
Saudi Arabia
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:09 pm AST5:53 pm AST---
Senegal
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:43 am GMT2:17 pm GMT---
Seychelles
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:33 pm SCT6:52 pm SCT---
Sierra Leone
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:55 am GMT2:27 pm GMT---
Sint Maarten
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:12 am AST8:11 am AST---
South Africa
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:20 pm SAST5:03 pm SAST---
South Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:50 pm WAT6:27 pm EAT---
Spain
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:48 am WET1:34 pm WET---
St. Barts
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:11 am AST8:12 am AST---
Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:44 pm WAT6:23 pm EAT---
Suriname
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:19 am SRT9:20 am SRT---
Syria
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:13 pm EEST5:42 pm EEST---
Tanzania
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:06 pm EAT6:28 pm EAT---
The Bahamas
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:56 am EST7:04 am EST---
Togo
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:34 am GMT2:57 pm GMT---
Trinidad and Tobago
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:12 am AST8:11 am AST---
Tunisia
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:22 pm CET4:13 pm EET---
Turkey
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:09 pm EET4:31 pm EET---
Turkmenistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:20 pm TMT6:22 pm TMT---
Turks and Caicos Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:48 am EST7:05 am EST---
US Minor Outlying Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:00 midnight SST7:00 am ---
US Virgin Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:18 am AST8:09 am AST---
United Arab Emirates
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:20 pm GST5:51 pm GST---
United States
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:09 am EST7:13 am EST---
Venezuela
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:41 am VET7:40 am VET---
Western Sahara
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:45 am WET1:53 pm GMT---
Yemen
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:16 pm AST5:41 pm AST---
Zambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:00 pm WAT5:25 pm CAT---
Zimbabwe
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:14 pm CAT5:17 pm CAT---

All times shown in this table are local time. (Note: more than one time zone is listed.) "Totality duration" gives the time between the start and finish of totality within the entire country (not at one location).

How Many People Can See This Eclipse?

Number of People Seeing...Number of People*Fraction of World Population
Any part of the eclipse1,850,000,00025.55%
At least 10% partial1,390,000,00019.20%
At least 20% partial1,130,000,00015.68%
At least 30% partial997,000,00013.76%
At least 40% partial903,000,00012.46%
At least 50% partial831,000,00011.47%
At least 60% partial650,000,0008.97%
At least 70% partial497,000,0006.86%
At least 80% partial286,000,0003.95%
At least 90% partial86,400,0001.19%
Totality or annularity2,120,0000.03%

* The number of people refers to the resident population (as a round number) in areas where the eclipse is visible. timeanddate has calculated these numbers using raw population data provided by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University. The raw data is based on population estimates from the year 2000 to 2020.

An Eclipse Never Comes Alone!

A solar eclipse always occurs about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse.

Usually, there are two eclipses in a row, but other times, there are three during the same eclipse season.

All eclipses 1900 — 2199

This is the second eclipse this season.

First eclipse this season: October 18–19, 2013 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse