Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011
| Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011 | |
|---|---|
 Partial from Poland | |
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.0627 |
| Magnitude | 0.8576 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 64°42′N 20°48′E / 64.7°N 20.8°E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| (P1) Partial begin | 6:40:11 |
| Greatest eclipse | 8:51:42 |
| (P4) Partial end | 11:00:52 |
| References | |
| Saros | 151 (14 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9531 |
The solar eclipse of January 4, 2010 was a partial eclipse of the Sun that was visible after sunrise over most of Europe and northeastern Asia. It ended at sunset over western Asia. It was visible as a minor partial eclipse over northern Africa and the Arabian peninsula.
Greatest eclipse occurred at 08:51 UTC in northern Sweden where the eclipse in the horizon had a magnitude of 0.858. At that time, the axis of the Moon's shadow passed a mere 510 km above Earth's surface.[1]
Template:Partial solar eclipse summary
Photos gallery
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Animated path -
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From Slovakia, Bratislava at 09:43 AM. -
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From Petrov nad Desnou, Czech republic at 09:41 UTC. -
From Tomsk, Russia at 9:50 UTC.
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Related eclipses
- It is preceded two weeks earlier by the total lunar eclipse of December 21, 2010.
Solar eclipses 2008–2011
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.[2]
The partial solar eclipses on June 1, 2011 and November 25, 2011 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2008 to 2011 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
121 Partial in Christchurch, New Zealand |
February 7, 2008 Annular |
−0.95701 | 126 Totality in Kumul, Xinjiang, China |
August 1, 2008 Total |
0.83070 | |
131 Annularity in Palangka Raya, Indonesia |
January 26, 2009 Annular |
−0.28197 | 136 Totality in Kurigram District, Bangladesh |
July 22, 2009 Total |
0.06977 | |
141 Annularity in Jinan, Shandong, China |
January 15, 2010 Annular |
0.40016 | 146 Totality in Hao, French Polynesia |
July 11, 2010 Total |
−0.67877 | |
| 151 Partial in Poland |
January 4, 2011 Partial |
1.06265 | 156 | July 1, 2011 Partial |
−1.49171 | |
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 ascending node.
| 22 eclipse events between January 5, 1935 and August 11, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4–5 | October 23–24 | August 10–12 | May 30–31 | March 18–19 |
| 111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
 January 5, 1935 |
 August 12, 1942 |
 May 30, 1946 |
 March 18, 1950 | |
| 121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
 January 5, 1954 |
 October 23, 1957 |
 August 11, 1961 |
 May 30, 1965 |
 March 18, 1969 |
| 131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
 January 4, 1973 |
 October 23, 1976 |
 August 10, 1980 |
 May 30, 1984 |
 March 18, 1988 |
| 141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
 January 4, 1992 |
 October 24, 1995 |
 August 11, 1999 |
 May 31, 2003 |
 March 19, 2007 |
| 151 | 153 | 155 | ||
January 4, 2011 |
 October 23, 2014 |
 August 11, 2018 | ||
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Notes
- ^ Eclipses during 2011 NASA
- ^ 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.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
External links
- Live web-cast of the Partial Solar Eclipse of 2011 Jan 04 Bareket observatory, Israel
- Solar eclipse of 2011 January 4. Russia, Moscow. 4 Photos
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