Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011

21st-century partial solar eclipse

Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011

Partial from Tromsø, Norway

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Type of eclipse
Nature| Partial
Gamma| 1.213
Magnitude| 0.601
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates| 67°48′N 46°48′E﻿ / ﻿67.8°N 46.8°E﻿ / 67.8; 46.8
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

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 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 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]

* End of the eclipse seen from Tromsø, Norway

## Related eclipses[edit]

### Eclipses of 2011[edit]

* 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.

### Metonic[edit]

* Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015

### Tzolkinex[edit]

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 2004
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 13, 2018

### Half-Saros[edit]

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2002
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 5, 2020

### Tritos[edit]

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2000
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022

### Solar Saros 118[edit]

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 21, 1993
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 12, 2029

### Inex[edit]

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 1982
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040

### Triad[edit]

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 31, 1924
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 1, 2098

### Solar eclipses of 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.

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[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)

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