3 Nov 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.
The partial eclipse will begin over the Indian Ocean and end over eastern United States. As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks ("occults") the Sun. This can happen only at new moon, when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in an alignment referred to as syzygy. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses only part of the Sun is obscured.
This is a hybrid eclipse because it is both a total and an annular eclipse.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow). This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned (in "syzygy") exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can only occur the night of a full moon. The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the Moon's location relative to its orbital nodes. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a certain relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of the Earth. A lunar eclipse lasts for a few hours, whereas a total solar eclipse lasts for only a few minutes at any given place, due to the smaller size of the moon's shadow. Also unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are safe to view without any eye protection or special precautions, as they are no brighter (indeed dimmer) than the full moon itself.
there are four types
Total
Annular
Hybrid
Partial

The Eclipse of today will last for about 7minutes

Most people have associated the eclipse with a bad omen as ancient philopsophers see it as an avenue for evil deed, it could be frightening to those who are unaware of it that's why we are yemionaiyan blog, bring you this information

Note- strong warning, do not look at the sun directly for any reason, even sunshades are dangerous as ther arespecifc filters that are meant for the eclipse, LOOKING AT THE SUN DIRECTLY COULD RESULT TO PERMANENT EYE DAMAGE!!!

 

 

 

 

this chart below are the projected times the Eclipse is to occur for the next 6years
3 Nov 2013	Solar	Total	Parts of Europe, Parts of Asia, Africa, Parts of North America, Parts of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean
15 Apr 2014	Lunar	Total	West in Asia, East in North America, Parts of South America
29 Apr 2014	Solar	Annular	South in Asia, Australia, Pacific, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
8 Oct 2014	Lunar	Total	West in Asia, West in Australia, Parts of North America, East in South America
23 Oct 2014	Solar	Partial	East in Asia, Much of North America, Pacific, Atlantic
20 Mar 2015	Solar	Total	Europe, Parts of Asia, Parts of Africa, West in North America, Atlantic, Arctic
4 Apr 2015	Lunar	Partial	West in Asia, Parts of Australia, East in North America, East in South America
13 Sep 2015	Solar	Partial	South in Africa, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
28 Sep 2015	Lunar	Total	West in Europe, West in Asia, West in Africa, East in North America, South America
8 Mar / 9 Mar 2016	Solar	Total	Parts of Asia, Parts of Australia, Pacific, Indian Ocean
23 Mar 2016	Lunar	Penumbral	West in Asia, Much of Australia, East in North America, East in South America
1 Sep 2016	Solar	Annular	South in Asia, East in Australia, Much of Africa, West in South America, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
16 Sep 2016	Lunar	Penumbral	Much of Europe, Parts of Asia, East in Australia, Parts of Africa, East in North America, East in South America, Indian Ocean
10 Feb / 11 Feb 2017	Lunar	Penumbral	Europe, West in Asia, Africa, East in North America, Parts of South America, Arctic
26 Feb 2017	Solar	Annular	Parts of Africa, Parts of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
7 Aug 2017	Lunar	Partial	Parts of Asia, Much of Australia, East in Africa, East in North America, East in South America, Indian Ocean
21 Aug 2017	Solar	Total	West in Europe, Parts of Asia, West in Africa, Much of North America, Parts of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic
31 Jan 2018	Lunar	Total	Parts of Asia, Much of Australia, Parts of North America, East in South America, Arctic
15 Feb 2018	Solar	Partial	South in South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Antarctica
13 Jul 2018	Solar	Partial	South in Australia, Pacific, Indian Ocean
27 Jul 2018	Lunar	Total	West in Asia, East in Australia, Parts of Africa, East in North America, East in South America, Indian Ocean
11 Aug 2018	Solar	Partial	Parts of Europe, Parts of Asia, North in North America, Atlantic, Arctic
5 Jan / 6 Jan 2019	Solar	Partial	East in Asia, Pacific
21 Jan 2019	Lunar	Total	Parts of Europe, Parts of Asia, North America, South America, Arctic
2 Jul 2019	Solar	Total	Parts of South America, Pacific
16 Jul / 17 Jul 2019	Lunar	Partial	South in Europe, West in Asia, Parts of Africa, East in North America, East in South America, Antarctica
26 Dec 2019	Solar	Annular	East in Europe, Parts of Asia, Parts of Australia, East in Africa, Pacific, Indian Ocean