This total solar eclipse begins in Arnhem Land of northern Australia, crosses the Gulf of Carpentaria, passes over northern Queensland, and then sweeps over the span of the Pacific Ocean. Once totality exits the Great Barrier Reef in the vicinity of Cairns, no further landfall is made. Norfolk Island is close to, but just south of the path of totality. New Zealand will experience a deep partial eclipse.

Here are some additional web resources with more information for this eclipse:

NASA’s page for the 2012 total solar eclipse:

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2012Nov13Tgoogle.html

Jay Anderson’s web site with meteorology information:

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/%7Ejander/tot2012/tse12intro.htm

Xavier Jubier’s Google Maps implementation:

http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2012_GoogleMapFull.html

Bill Kramer’s interactive eclipse map and listing of tours:

http://eclipse-chasers.com/tseNext.php?TSE=tse2012d

The maps below apply eclipse calculations by Bill Kramer with eclipse timing corrections for the precise profile of the moon. The lunar profile was derived from laser altimeter data from the Japanese Kaguya lunar orbiter by Dave Herald. The eclipse lines were calculated by Xavier Jubier and the Besselian elements used for eclipse calculations are by Jean Meeus and Fred Espenak. The careful map reader will note that the isodurations (lines of equal eclipse duration) on the maps are not symmetric around the central line of eclipse or perfectly smooth; this is due to the corrections for the actual lunar profile.