On
November 3rd 2013, the total solar Hybrid eclipse will pass over Western Africa
in Equatorial Gabon, Congo, Uganda, Kenya and finally Ethiopia. This is a
hybrid eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.0159. Totality will be visible
with the maximum of 1 minute 39 seconds visible from the Atlantic Ocean south
of Ivory Coast and Ghana. This eclipse will be experienced in Northern Uganda
(Apoka in Kidepo National Park) and Murchison Falls National Park. This eclipse
of November 3rd is a Hybrid Eclipse which means that along the central section
of the path it will be a very short total eclipse while at the beginning of the
path there will be an annular eclipse. Hence the unofficial term "hybrid"
being associated with this very special type of eclipse. The reason is that the
darkest shadow of the moon doesn't quite reach the surface at those locations.
Such a narrow and abrupt eclipse will come with a prominent presentation of the
colorful Sinner most atmospheric layer of the Sun (the chromospheres) and a
spectacular view along the axis of the Moon’s shadow. Satellite and surface
measurements indicate that the weather prospect in northern Uganda and Kenya is
the best along the entire 2013 eclipse track.
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