Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011

Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011
Partial from Tromsø, Norway
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.213
Magnitude0.601
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates67°48′N 46°48′E / 67.8°N 46.8°E / 67.8; 46.8
Times (UTC)
(P1) Partial begin19:25:17
Greatest eclipse21:17:18
(P4) Partial end23:06:57
References
Saros118 (68 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9532

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, June 1, 2011,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] with a magnitude of 0.601. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

This eclipse was the second of four partial solar eclipses in 2011, with the others occurring on January 4, July 1, and November 25.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Northeast Asia, Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, northern Scandinavia, and Iceland.

Visibility

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Animated path

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Eclipse season

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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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

Eclipse season of June–July 2011
June 1
Descending node (new moon)
June 15
Ascending node (full moon)
July 1
Descending node (new moon)
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 118
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 130
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 156
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Eclipses in 2011

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 118

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2011–2014

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This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[10]

The partial solar eclipses on January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2011 to 2014
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
118

Partial in Tromsø, Norway
June 1, 2011

Partial
1.21300 123

Hinode XRT footage
November 25, 2011

Partial
−1.05359
128

Annularity in Red Bluff, CA, USA
May 20, 2012

Annular
0.48279 133

Totality in Mount Carbine, Queensland, Australia
November 13, 2012

Total
−0.37189
138

Annularity in Churchills Head, Australia
May 10, 2013

Annular
−0.26937 143

Partial in Libreville, Gabon
November 3, 2013

Hybrid
0.32715
148

Partial in Adelaide, Australia
April 29, 2014

Annular (non-central)
−0.99996 153

Partial in Minneapolis, MN, USA
October 23, 2014

Partial
1.09078

Saros 118

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 118, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 24, 803 AD. It contains total eclipses from August 19, 947 AD through October 25, 1650; hybrid eclipses on November 4, 1668 and November 15, 1686; and annular eclipses from November 27, 1704 through April 30, 1957. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on July 15, 2083. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 34 at 6 minutes, 59 seconds on May 16, 1398, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 59 at 1 minutes, 58 seconds on February 23, 1849. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[11]

Metonic series

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The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

22 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and October 24, 2098
May 31–June 1 March 19–20 January 5–6 October 24–25 August 12–13
118 120 122 124 126

June 1, 2011

March 20, 2015

January 6, 2019

October 25, 2022

August 12, 2026
128 130 132 134 136

June 1, 2030

March 20, 2034

January 5, 2038

October 25, 2041

August 12, 2045
138 140 142 144 146

May 31, 2049

March 20, 2053

January 5, 2057

October 24, 2060

August 12, 2064
148 150 152 154 156

May 31, 2068

March 19, 2072

January 6, 2076

October 24, 2079

August 13, 2083
158 160 162 164

June 1, 2087

October 24, 2098

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

The partial solar eclipses on April 8, 1902 (part of Saros 108) and January 5, 1935 (part of Saros 111) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.

Series members between 2000 and 2200

July 1, 2000
(Saros 117)

June 1, 2011
(Saros 118)

April 30, 2022
(Saros 119)

March 30, 2033
(Saros 120)

February 28, 2044
(Saros 121)

January 27, 2055
(Saros 122)

December 27, 2065
(Saros 123)

November 26, 2076
(Saros 124)

October 26, 2087
(Saros 125)

September 25, 2098
(Saros 126)

August 26, 2109
(Saros 127)

July 25, 2120
(Saros 128)

June 25, 2131
(Saros 129)

May 25, 2142
(Saros 130)

April 23, 2153
(Saros 131)

March 23, 2164
(Saros 132)

February 21, 2175
(Saros 133)

January 20, 2186
(Saros 134)

December 19, 2196
(Saros 135)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

October 19, 1808
(Saros 111)

August 20, 1895
(Saros 114)

July 31, 1924
(Saros 115)

July 11, 1953
(Saros 116)

June 21, 1982
(Saros 117)

June 1, 2011
(Saros 118)

May 11, 2040
(Saros 119)

April 21, 2069
(Saros 120)

April 1, 2098
(Saros 121)

March 13, 2127
(Saros 122)

February 21, 2156
(Saros 123)

January 31, 2185
(Saros 124)

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "June 1, 2011 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  2. ^ Malik, Tariq (2011-06-02). "Rare 'Midnight' Partial Solar Eclipse Amazes Northern Skywatchers". Space.com.
  3. ^ Peralta, Eyder (2011-06-03). "Stunning: A Solar Eclipse At Midnight". NPR.
  4. ^ Fazekas, Andrew (2011-06-02). "Solar Eclipse at Midnight? Sun Smiles on Arctic Tonight". National Geographic. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021.
  5. ^ Grossman, Lisa (2011-06-03). "Rare Midnight Solar Eclipse Caught in Arctic" – via Wired.
  6. ^ "Looking skyward". News-Journal. Mansfield, Ohio. 2011-06-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-10-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Skywatch data". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. 2011-06-01. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-10-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Weather Report". Poughkeepsie Journal. Poughkeepsie, New York. 2011-06-01. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-10-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Plenty to see even with shorter nights". Kent County News. Chestertown, Maryland. 2011-06-02. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-10-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  11. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 118". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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