Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011

Summary

A partial solar eclipse occurred on June 1, 2011. 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.

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

This eclipse is the second of four partial solar eclipses in 2011, with the others occurring on January 4, 2011, July 1, 2011, and November 25, 2011. The eclipse belonged to Saros 118 and was number 68 of 72 eclipses in the series.

The eclipse was special since it occurred around midnight in northern Fennoscandia and northern Russia partially obscuring the midnight sun. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Visibility edit

 
Animated path

Gallery edit

Related eclipses edit

Eclipses of 2011 edit

Solar eclipses 2011–2014 edit

This eclipse is a member of the 2011–2014 solar eclipse 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.[9][Note 1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2011 to 2014
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
118
 
Partial from Tromsø, Norway
2011 June 01
 
Partial (north)
1.21300 123
 
Hinode XRT footage
2011 November 25
 
Partial (south)
−1.05359
128
 
Middlegate, Nevada
2012 May 20
 
Annular
0.48279 133
 
Cairns, Australia
2012 November 13
 
Total
−0.37189
138
 
Churchills Head, Australia
2013 May 10
 
Annular
−0.26937 143
 
Partial from Libreville, Gabon
2013 November 03
 
Hybrid
0.32715
148
 
Partial from Adelaide, Australia
2014 April 29
 
Annular (non-central)
−0.99996 153
 
Partial from Minneapolis
2014 October 23
 
Partial (north)
1.09078

Saros 118 edit

It is a part of Saros cycle 118, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with 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. The longest duration of total was 6 minutes, 59 seconds on May 16, 1398.

Metonic series edit

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.

21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087
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
158 160 162 164 166
 
June 1, 2087
 
October 24, 2098

Notes edit

  1. ^ The partial solar eclipses of January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occurred in the previous semester series.

References edit

  1. ^ Malik, Tariq (2011-06-02). "Rare 'Midnight' Partial Solar Eclipse Amazes Northern Skywatchers". Space.com.
  2. ^ Peralta, Eyder (2011-06-03). "Stunning: A Solar Eclipse At Midnight". NPR.
  3. ^ Fazekas, Andrew (2011-06-02). "Solar Eclipse at Midnight? Sun Smiles on Arctic Tonight". National Geographic. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Grossman, Lisa (2011-06-03). "Rare Midnight Solar Eclipse Caught in Arctic" – via Wired.
  5. ^ "Looking skyward". News-Journal. Mansfield, Ohio. 2011-06-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-10-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Skywatch data". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. 2011-06-01. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-10-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Weather Report". Poughkeepsie Journal. Poughkeepsie, New York. 2011-06-01. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-10-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Plenty to see even with shorter nights". Kent County News. Chestertown, Maryland. 2011-06-02. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-10-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ 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.
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External links edit

  • Shadow and Substance: Partial Eclipse of the Sun June 1, 2011 Archived December 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  • Midnight's Solar Eclipse APOD 2011/6/3
  • SpaceWeather Gallery for partial solar eclipse of June 1, 2011
  • Report about the partial eclipse in Bratsk, Russia (in Russian)