Annular Solar Eclipse – 10 May 2013

An annular solar eclipseThe passage of the new moon directly between the Sun and the Earth when the Moon's shadow is cast upon the Earth. The Sun appears in the sky either partially or totally covered by the Moon. More will cross Cape York on the morning of 10 May 2013. The eclipseThe alignment of celestial bodies so that one is obscured, either partially or totally, by the other. More will start at sunrise in Western Australia; move over Northern Territory in the region of Tennant Creek and cross Cape York before heading out towards Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Ocean. It will intersect the path of the total solar eclipseA solar eclipse seen from within the Moon's umbra. The Moon appears to completely block the Sun's photosphere. More of 14 November 2012 in the area of the west coast of Cape York and will cross the east coast to the north of Cooktown. The indigenous communities of Kowanyama and Pormpuraaw will have the highly unusual privilege of experiencing two solar eclipses within six months.

Figure 10-1 shows the path of both eclipses across Cape York. Figure 10-2 is a map which shows the path of the Annular eclipseA solar eclipse that occurs when the apparent size of the Moon is not large enough to completely cover the Sun. A thin ring of very bright sunlight remains around the black disk of the Moon. More across Queensland and the partial eclipseThe alignment of celestial bodies so that one is obscured, either partially or totally, by the other. More that will occur across Queensland at the same time.

Table 10-1 shows the timing at locations in the path of annularity and timing of the partial eclipseThe alignment of celestial bodies so that one is obscured, either partially or totally, by the other. More for selected other locations in Queensland. All times are in Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC + 10 hours).