Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Tuesday, November 13th.  The sun will rise at 7:37.  It’ll be up for 9 hours and 39 minutes, setting at 5:16.  The moon is new today, and won’t be visible.

There will be a total solar eclipse today for the South Pacific Ocean.  The path of totality crosses almost no land except in the two northernmost tips of Australia.  Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand parts of Antarctica, Chile and Argentina will get a partial eclipse.  The moon’s shadow crosses the earth from west to east, so in crossing the International Date Line it will start at sunrise on November 14th local time and end at sunset November 13th local time.  The solar eclipse we’re waiting for is the total solar eclipse of August 21st 2017, now less than 5 years away.  This will be at least partial for the contiguous 48 states with the path of totality crossing the central United States.  Being in the path of totality that day is high on my bucket list.

Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.  They may be different for your location.

Addendum

Diagram of the coverage of the November 13-14 total Solar Eclipse. Courtesy Fred Espanek, NASA.

Here’s an animation that brings the above chart to life.

November 13-14 total solar eclipse animation. Courtesy NASA, A. T. Sinclair.