Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011

Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011
Map
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
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 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. 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 was special since it occurred around midnight in Utsjoki, Finland, and Finnmark, Norway, partially obscuring midnight sun.

Images

Animated path

• 
  From Tromsø, Norway at 21:42 UTC
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  End of the eclipse seen from Tromsø, Norway
• 
  From Kautokeino, Norway at 21:42 UTC

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 2011–2014

Each member 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. Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 4, 2011, and July 1, 2011, occur in the previous semester series.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2011–14
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Map		Saros	Map
118	June 1, 2011 Partial		123	November 25, 2011 Partial
128 Middlegate, Nevada	May 20, 2012 Annular		133 Ellis Beach, Queensland	November 13, 2012 Total
138 Churchills Head, Australia	May 10, 2013 Annular		143 Partial from Accra, Ghana	November 3, 2013 Hybrid
148	April 29, 2014 Annular		153 Partial from Minneapolis	October 23, 2014 Partial

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).

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	119	121	123	125
June 1, 2011	March 20, 2015	January 6, 2019	October 25, 2022	August 12, 2026
128	129	131	133	135
June 1, 2030	March 20, 2034	January 5, 2038	October 25, 2041	August 12, 2045
138	139	141	143	145
May 31, 2049	March 20, 2053	January 5, 2057	October 24, 2060	August 12, 2064
148	149	151	153	155
May 31, 2068	March 19, 2072	January 6, 2076	October 24, 2079	August 13, 2083
157
June 1, 2087

References

• http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2011Jun01P.GIF

External links

• Shadow and Substance: Partial Eclipse of the Sun June 1, 2011
• Midnight's Solar Eclipse APOD 2011/6/3
• SpaceWeather Gallery for partial solar eclipse of June 1, 2011