3rd NOVEMBER 2013 SOLAR

ECLIPSE IN NIGERIA
BY

S. Esaenwi

An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs

when an astronomical object is temporarily
obscured, either by passing into the shadow of
another body or by having another body pass
between it and the viewer as seen from the earth.

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DEFINITION

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This occurs when the moon passes between

the sun and the earth, and the moon fully or
partially blocks the sun.
This can happen, when the Sun and the
Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth
in an alignment.

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SOLAR ECLIPSE

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Earth-Moon motion

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Earth-Moon-Sun motion

Earth-Moon-Sun motion

Motion of Moon
about the Earth

Eclipse

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Motion of Earth
about the Sun

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Motion of Moon
about the Sun

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3

sunrays

Penumbra

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Umbra

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At the Umbra point an observer

sees a total eclipse as shown

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3
2

1= penumbra
2= penumbra
2= penumbra
Black= umbra

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At the Penumbra 3, the observer

sees an Annular eclipse as shown

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3
2

1= penumbra
2= penumbra
2= penumbra
Black= umbra

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At the Penumbra 2, the observer

sees a partial eclipse as shown

1= penumbra
2= penumbra
2= penumbra
Black= umbra

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At the Penumbra 1, the observer

sees a partial eclipse as shown

1= penumbra
2= penumbra
2= penumbra
Black= umbra

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3
2

The solar Eclipse records in

Nigerias history took place in:
1898, 1947, 1959, 2001, and 2006.

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PAST ECLIPSE EVENTs IN NIGERIA.

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ABAKALIKI
Directio
n

Altitude

Looks
like

Comments

Partial
eclipse
begins

Nov 3 at
1:06 PM

213

64.3

The Moon
touches
the
Sun's
edge.

Maximum
Eclipse

Nov 3 at
2:45 PM

240

46.0

Moon is
closest
to the
center.

Partial
Eclipse
ends

Nov 3 at
4:09 PM

249

27.0

The Moon
leaves
the
Sun's
edge.

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Time in
Abakalik
i

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Time in
Ibadan

Direction

Altitud
e

Comments

Partial
eclipse
begins

Nov 3 at
12:52 PM

196

66.6

The Moon
touches
the Sun's
edge.

Maximum
Eclipse

Nov 3 at
2:32 PM

234

51.5

Moon is
closest to
the
center.

Partial
Eclipse
ends

Nov 3 at
4:01 PM

247

32.3

The Moon
leaves the
Sun's
edge.

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IBADAN

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Time in
Port
Harcourt

Direction

Altitude

Comments

Partial
eclipse
begins

Nov 3 at
1:03 PM

211

66.5

The Moon
touches
the Sun's
edge.

Maximum
Eclipse

Nov 3 at
2:43 PM

241

48.0

Moon is
closest to
the
center.

Partial
Eclipse
ends

Nov 3 at
4:09 PM

250

28.6

The Moon
leaves the
Sun's
edge.

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PORT HARCOURT

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Time in
Uyo

Direction

Altitude

Comments

Partial
eclipse
begins

Nov 3 at
1:06 PM

214

65.5

The Moon
touches
the Sun's
edge.

Maximum
Eclipse

Nov 3 at
2:45 PM

242

46.6

Moon is
closest to
the
center.

Partial
Eclipse
ends

Nov 3 at
4:10 PM

250

27.4

The Moon
leaves the
Sun's
edge.

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UYO

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Time in
Enugu

Direction

Altitude

Comments

Partial
eclipse
begins

Nov 3 at
1:04 PM

211

64.8

The Moon
touches
the Sun's
edge.

Maximum
Eclipse

Nov 3 at
2:43 PM

240

46.8

Moon is
closest
to the
center.

Partial
Eclipse
ends

Nov 3 at
4:07 PM

249

27.8

The Moon
leaves
the Sun's
edge.

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ENUGU

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Time in
Kaduna

Direction

Altitude

Comments

Partial
eclipse
begins

Nov 3 at
1:03 PM

206

61.3

The Moon
touches
the Sun's
edge.

Maximum
Eclipse

Nov 3 at
2:39 PM

235

45.5

Moon is
closest
to the
center.

Partial
Eclipse
ends

Nov 3 at
4:02 PM

247

27.6

The Moon
leaves
the Sun's
edge.

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KADUNA

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Time in
Kano

Directio
n

Altitu
de

Comments

Partial
eclipse
begins

Nov 3 at
1:07 PM

209

59.1

The Moon
touches
the Sun's
edge.

Maximum
Eclipse

Nov 3 at
2:40 PM

235

43.5

Moon is
closest to
the
center.

Partial
Eclipse
ends

Nov 3 at
4:01 PM

246

26.2

The Moon
leaves the
Sun's
edge.

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KANO

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Time in
Benin
City

Direction

Altitude

Comments

Partial
eclipse
begins

Nov 3 at
12:58 PM

204

66.5

The Moon
touches
the Sun's
edge.

Maximum
Eclipse

Nov 3 at
2:38 PM

238

49.5

Moon is
closest to
the
center.

Partial
Eclipse
ends

Nov 3 at
4:05 PM

248

30.2

The Moon
leaves the
Sun's
edge.

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BENIN CITY

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Time in
Abuja

Direction

Altitud
e

Comments

Partial
eclipse
begins

Nov 3 at
1:03 PM

207

62.7

The Moon
touches the
Sun's edge.

Maximum
Eclipse

Nov 3 at
2:40 PM

236

46.3

Moon is
closest to
the center.

Partial
Eclipse
ends

Nov 3 at
4:03 PM

247

28.0

The Moon
leaves the
Sun's edge.

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ABUJA

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Time in
Lagos

Direction

Altitud
e

Comments

Partial
eclipse
begins

Nov 3 at
12:50 PM

194

67.7

The Moon
touches
the Sun's
edge.

Maximum
Eclipse

Nov 3 at
2:32 PM

234

52.6

Moon is
closest to
the
center.

Partial
Eclipse
ends

Nov 3 at
4:01 PM

247

33.2

The Moon
leaves the
Sun's
edge.

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LAGOS

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Time in
Accra

Direction

Altitude

Comments

Partial
eclipse
begins

Nov 3 at
11:38 AM

177

69.2

The Moon
touches
the Sun's
edge.

Maximum
Eclipse

Nov 3 at
1:22 PM

230

57.8

Moon is
closest
to the
center.

Partial
Eclipse
ends

Nov 3 at
2:55 PM

246

38.0

The Moon
leaves
the Sun's
edge.

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ACCRA GHANA

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Hamilton, Bermuda
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Monrovia, Liberia
Accra, Ghana
Nigeria
So Tom, Sao Tome and Principe
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Port-Gentil, Gabon
Libreville, Gabon
Yaound, Cameroon
Brazzaville, Congo
Kinshasa, Congo Dem.Rep.
Bangui, Central African Republic
Juba, South Sudan
Kigali, Rwanda
Kampala, Uganda
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Nairobi, Kenya
Mogadishu, Somalia

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Other locations to see the partial eclipse

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Objec
t

Type at
max

Visibility

Nov 3, 2013
Apr 15,
2014
Oct 8, 2014
Apr 4, 2015
Sep 28,
2015

Solar
Lunar

Total
Total

Partial
Penumbral

Lunar
Lunar
Lunar

Total
Partial
Total

Partial
Partial
Penumbral

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Dates

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Future Eclipse in Nigeria

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Mar
Sep
Sep
Feb
Feb
Aug

23, 2016
1, 2016
16, 2016
10 2017
26, 2017
7, 2017

Object

Type at max

Visibility

Lunar
Solar
Lunar
Lunar
Solar
Lunar

Penumbral
Annular
Penumbral
Penumbral
Annular
Partial

Partial
Partial
Penumbral
Penumbral
Partial
Partial

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Type at max

Visibility

Jan 31, 2018

Lunar

Total

Partial

Jul 27 / Jul 28, 2018

Lunar

Total

Penumbral

Jan 21, 2019

Lunar

Total

Penumbral

Jul 16 / Jul 17, 2019

Lunar

Partial

Penumbral

Jan 10, 2020

Lunar

Penumbral

Penumbral

Jun 5, 2020

Lunar

Penumbral

Penumbral

Jun 21, 2020

Solar

Annular

Partial

Jul 5, 2020

Lunar

Penumbral

Penumbral

Nov 30, 2020

Lunar

Penumbral

Partial

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Object

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THANK YOU
DAALU
ESHIE
NAAGODE
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