Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011
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 | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) Partial from Tromsø, Norway | |
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.213 |
| Magnitude | 0.601 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 67.8°N 46.8°E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| (P1) Partial begin | 19:25:17 |
| Greatest eclipse | 21:17:18 |
| (P4) Partial end | 23:06:57 |
| References | |
| Saros | 118 (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
Animated path
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2011
- A partial solar eclipse on January 4.
- A partial solar eclipse on June 1.
- A total lunar eclipse on June 15.
- A partial solar eclipse on July 1.
- A partial solar eclipse on November 25.
- A total lunar eclipse on December 10.
Solar eclipses 2011–2014
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]
| Ascending node | Descending 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.jpg.webp) 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_cropped.jpg.webp) 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
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.
| Series members 62–72 occur between 1901 and 2083: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 62 | 63 | 64 |
 Mar 29, 1903 |
 Apr 8, 1921 |
 Apr 19, 1939 |
| 65 | 66 | 67 |
 Apr 30, 1957 |
 May 11, 1975 |
 May 21, 1993 |
| 68 | 69 | 70 |
Jun 1, 2011 |
 Jun 12, 2029 |
 Jun 23, 2047 |
| 71 | 72 | |
 Jul 3, 2065 |
 Jul 15, 2083 | |
Metonic series
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 |
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Notes
- The partial solar eclipses of January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occurred in the previous semester series.
References
- Malik, Tariq (2011-06-02). "Rare 'Midnight' Partial Solar Eclipse Amazes Northern Skywatchers". Space.com.
- Peralta, Eyder (2011-06-03). "Stunning: A Solar Eclipse At Midnight". NPR.
- Fazekas, Andrew (2011-06-02). "Solar Eclipse at Midnight? Sun Smiles on Arctic Tonight". National Geographic.
- Grossman, Lisa (2011-06-03). "Rare Midnight Solar Eclipse Caught in Arctic" – via Wired.
- "Looking skyward". News-Journal. Mansfield, Ohio. 2011-06-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-10-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Skywatch data". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. 2011-06-01. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-10-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Weather Report". Poughkeepsie Journal. Poughkeepsie, New York. 2011-06-01. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-10-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Plenty to see even with shorter nights". Kent County News. Chestertown, Maryland. 2011-06-02. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-10-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- 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.
External links
- 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)
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