A total solar eclipse was visible in the country

When

3 Nov 2013

Kind

Event

Coordinates

3.50° N, 11.70° W

Description

A total solar eclipse was visible in the country.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013.

Total eclipse

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, November 3, 2013, with a magnitude of 1.0159. It was a hybrid event, a narrow total eclipse, and beginning as an annular eclipse and concluding as a total eclipse, in this particular case. 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.

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