A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, November 3, 1994, with a magnitude of 1.0535. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 10 hours after perigee (on November 3, 1994, at 23:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

Totality was visible in Peru, northern Chile, Bolivia, northern Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and Gough Island of British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The Iguazu Falls, one of the largest waterfalls systems in the world, lay in the path of totality. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Central America, South America, Antarctica, and Southern Africa.

Images

Observations Jay Pasachoff led an observation team from Williams College in Massachusetts, observing the total eclipse at a military base near Putre, Chile, in the Atacama Desert. The team took images of the corona and measured its brightness. Teams from Japan and South Korea also conducted observations nearby. The Russian Academy of Sciences sent a team to Criciúma, Brazil, taking images of the corona in polarized light and proposing reconstruction of its ray structure.

Eclipse timing Places experiencing total eclipse Solar Eclipse of November 3, 1994(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of total eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of total eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of totality (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum magnitude Arequipa 06:14:46 07:15:56 07:16:15 07:16:35 08:25:44 0:39 2:11 1.0009 Arica 08:17:25 09:18:49 09:19:48 09:20:46 10:30:17 1:57 2:13 1.0061 Potosí 07:20:12 08:23:47 08:25:08 08:26:30 09:38:45 2:43 2:19 1.0115 Asunción 08:32:40 09:42:22 09:42:51 09:43:21 11:01:57 0:59 2:29 1.0013 Caraguatay 08:33:12 09:42:16 09:43:53 09:45:31 11:03:32 3:15 2:30 1.0136 Ciudad del Este 08:35:24 09:45:47 09:47:28 09:49:10 11:08:31 3:23 2:33 1.0142 Foz do Iguaçu 09:35:28 10:45:51 10:47:33 10:49:16 12:08:38 3:25 2:33 1.0146 Criciúma 09:45:28 10:58:46 11:00:47 11:02:49 12:24:16 4:03 2:39 1.0255References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of November 3, 1994(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Bogotá 06:08:03 06:55:47 07:48:15 1:40 32.05% Galápagos Islands 05:37:33 (sunrise) 05:57:05 06:52:44 1:15 69.86% Quito 06:05:12 06:57:28 07:55:23 1:50 54.12% Leticia 06:07:23 07:04:02 08:07:39 2:00 56.19% Lima 06:10:01 07:08:15 08:13:37 2:04 94.49% La Paz 07:15:44 08:18:54 09:30:30 2:15 96.11% Iquique 08:19:40 09:22:16 10:32:54 2:13 96.40% Sucre 07:19:42 08:24:49 09:38:42 2:19 99.39% Antofagasta 08:24:33 09:26:55 10:36:57 2:12 85.24% Pedro Juan Caballero 08:30:12 09:41:15 11:01:39 2:31 95.08% Santiago 08:42:11 09:41:37 10:47:04 2:05 56.35% Encarnación 08:37:14 09:48:30 11:08:24 2:31 97.60% Buenos Aires 08:48:54 09:56:35 11:11:07 2:22 71.07% São Paulo 09:41:33 10:57:48 12:22:49 2:41 82.18% Montevideo 08:50:52 09:59:59 11:15:54 2:25 73.58% Rio de Janeiro 09:46:03 11:03:43 12:29:35 2:44 73.89% King Edward Point 10:48:38 11:50:39 12:53:27 2:05 39.73% Edinburgh of the Seven Seas 13:03:19 14:25:50 15:42:52 2:40 92.88% Bouvet Island 14:33:42 15:36:37 16:36:12 2:03 51.94% Antananarivo 17:32:37 17:55:07 17:58:22 (sunset) 0:26 25.47% Île de la Possession 19:11:52 20:01:38 20:27:46 (sunset) 1:16 51.99% Cape Town 16:00:38 17:08:14 18:08:57 2:08 86.75% Windhoek 16:14:02 17:15:01 18:09:34 1:56 42.15% Maseru 16:14:37 17:16:32 18:12:23 1:58 75.77% Toliara 17:27:57 18:17:03 18:19:29 (sunset) 0:52 66.89% Johannesburg 16:18:49 17:18:53 18:13:05 1:54 64.35% Gaborone 16:19:19 17:19:06 18:12:55 1:54 56.67% Mbabane 16:20:38 17:19:38 18:13:03 1:53 67.57% Maputo 16:21:50 17:20:08 18:07:26 (sunset) 1:46 67.51% Harare 16:32:40 17:24:08 18:02:58 (sunset) 1:30 36.40%References:

Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

+November 3, 1994 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1994 November 03 at 11:06:00.2 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1994 November 03 at 12:02:38.7 UTC First Central Line 1994 November 03 at 12:03:41.3 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1994 November 03 at 12:04:44.0 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 1994 November 03 at 13:09:15.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1994 November 03 at 13:36:30.1 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1994 November 03 at 13:40:06.0 UTC Greatest Duration 1994 November 03 at 13:42:38.8 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1994 November 03 at 13:48:07.6 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 1994 November 03 at 14:10:44.2 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1994 November 03 at 15:15:21.7 UTC Last Central Line 1994 November 03 at 15:16:24.9 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1994 November 03 at 15:17:28.1 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1994 November 03 at 16:14:07.1 UTC

+November 3, 1994 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.05351 Eclipse Obscuration 1.10989 Gamma −0.35216 Sun Right Ascension 14h33m55.8s Sun Declination -15°05'51.1" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'07.4" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 14h33m36.5s Moon Declination -15°26'53.7" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.0" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'21.1" ΔT 60.6 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

+ Eclipse season of November 1994 November 3Ascending node (new moon) November 18Descending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 133 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 145

Related eclipses Eclipses in 1994 An annular solar eclipse on May 10. A partial lunar eclipse on May 25. A total solar eclipse on November 3. A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 18.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 22, 1998

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 1987 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2001

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 28, 1985 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 9, 2003

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 1983 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005

Solar Saros 133 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 23, 1976 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 1965 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1908 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2081

Solar eclipses of 1993–1996

Saros 133

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

External links

Photos: Chile and Brazil, Prof. Druckmüller's eclipse photography site Bolivia, Prof. Druckmüller's eclipse photography site ON THE STRUCTURE OF 3.11.94 ECLIPSE CORONA Solar Corona Shape The 1994 Eclipse in Chile