Eclipse over the Great Barrier Reef
 
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Total Eclipse, 14th November, 2012


Eclipse begins
5:44:34 AM
Totality begins 6:38:12 AM
Totality ends 6:40:17 AM
Eclipse ends 7:39:54 AM


Altitude of Sun during totality - 13.7

Duration of totality: 2m 45s

 
Total Eclipse, November, 14th 2012

We viewed the total Eclipse at sea off Cairns with Green Island in the distance.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

ECLIPSE FACTS

  • The longest possible duration of totality: 7 minutes 31 seconds.
  • The longest possible duration of annularity: 12 minutes 30 seconds.
  • Annular eclipses outnumber total eclipses by a ratio of about 5 to 4.
  • Minimum number of solar eclipses per year: 2 (either 2 partial or 1 partial and 1 annular or total).
  • Maximum number of solar eclipses per year: 5 (4 partial and 1 annular or total).
  • Every eclipse begins at sunrise at the start of its track and ends at sunset about halfway around the world from its start point.
  • The maximum width of the path of totality is 167 miles (269 kilometers) wide.
  • The average interval between solar eclipses for any spot on Earth is 375 years. But an area within south-eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and western Kentucky will see two total eclipses within a span of less than seven years (August 21, 2017, and April 8, 2024).