Uniqueness of the 3 November 2013 Solar Eclipse (to Luis Vega)

(crossing at longitude/latitude 0/0 degrees - one in 648 years total solar eclipse!!!)

First, I would like to express my appreciation to Luis Vega for the truly great charts that he creates and makes available.  They are detailed, up to date and very well presented.  I was especially interested in Luis Vega’s recent letter:  The Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2013 – Coinciding with Comet ISON’s Trajectory (link below).   

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/aug2013/luisv84.htm

Luis’ letter draws attention to the timing links between the 3 November eclipse and Comet ISON.  However, there is an additional feature of the 3 November 2013 total solar eclipse that makes it even rarer.  Put simply, this is the only total solar eclipse that will (during totality) pass through at the crossing of the Equator and the Greenwich Meridian (0° latitude, 0° longitude) in a time span of 648 years!

I noted this in a letter to Five Doves on 17 September 2012 – Solar Eclipse at Dawn in Australia - 14 November 2012 (excerpt and link below).  Could this total solar eclipse in tandem with Comet ISON and so many other signs signal a new beginning, or perhaps the beginning of Daniel’s time of the END!  

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/sep2012/denish917.htm

I am not an expert in astronomical matters - the information in the excerpt is from Sheridan Williams Solar Eclipse Website (links below excerpt).

 (Excerpt)  Eclipse - 3 November 2013 (zero-zero!)

http://www.shindles.co.uk/eclipse2013h/index.htm

http://www.shindles.co.uk/eclipse.htm

This eclipse is quite unique, as the information from the above link shows, and precedes a year (2014) with no eclipse.  This hybrid solar eclipse will be visible across the Atlantic Ocean and Central Africa. This eclipse will be annular only for a few kilometres at its start - for the remainder it will be a very narrow and short-lasting total eclipse.  This eclipse is unusual as its starts annular and ends total, never reverting to annularity. 

This eclipse also has the unusual property in that it is total at the crossing of the Equator and the Greenwich Meridian (0° lat, 0° long).  In the 5000 years from -1999 to +3000 there are just 15 total eclipses that pass through location "zero-zero". The last total eclipse at the crossing and the Greenwich Meridian was 16 March 1466, the next one will be on 3 June 2114.

Denis  Maranatha!