The solar eclipse of January 4, 2011 was a partial

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of the

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that was visible after sunrise over most of

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

, northwestern and South

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. It ended at sunset over eastern

. It was visible as a minor partial eclipse over northern

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

and the

Arabian peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...

. The eclipse belonged to Saros 151 and was number 14 of 72 eclipses in the series. Greatest eclipse occurred at 08:51 UTC in northern

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

where the eclipse in the horizon had a

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of 0.858. At that time, the axis of the Moon's shadow passed a mere 510 km above Earth's surface.Eclipses during 2011
NASA A

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occurs when the

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passes between

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and the

, 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 was the first of four partial solar eclipses in 2011, with the others occurring on June 1, 2011, July 1, 2011, and November 25, 2011. It also precedes the two total lunar eclipses occurring on June 15, 2011 and December 10, 2011.

Visibility

Animated path

Photo gallery

File:Solar eclipse Slobozia.JPG, Slobozia, Romania at 7:52 UTC File:Elece - Solar eclipse (by).jpg, Almería, Spain at 8:03 UTC File:Eclipse (5322940149).jpg,

Avellino, Italy Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento ...

at 8:18 UTC File:04-01-11 Sonnenfinsternis.JPG,

Ebersberg Ebersberg is the seat of the similarly named Ebersberg ''Landkreis'' (district) in the Oberbayern ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative region) in Bavaria, southern Germany. The ''Ebersberger Forst'' (forest) is one of Germany’s largest continu ...

, Germany at 8:32 UTC File:Partielle Sonnenfinsternis Montage.jpg, Composite image from

Bernau am Chiemsee Bernau am Chiemsee (written ) is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Germany on the Lake Chiemsee, and a Luftkurort. Geography Topography The Luftkurort Bernau lies in the Chiemgau area at the south-western bank of the lake C ...

, Germany File:Solar eclipse Vienna 2011-1-4 a.jpg,

Vienna, Austria en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

at 8:34 UTC File:04 Jan 2011 Solar Eclipse Sweden Stockholm.JPG,

Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropoli ...

at 8:36 UTC File:Solar eclipse Poland 2011 cropped.JPG,

Marki, Poland Marki is a city in central Poland, just to the north-east of the Polish capital Warsaw. Marki, a Warsaw suburb, was incorporated in 1967. While by Polish standards Marki is a relatively young town, with approximately 31,000 residents, it is on ...

at 8:38 UTC File:Solar eclipse, 4 January 2011, Katowice, Poland.jpg, Progression from

Katowice, Poland Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most populo ...

File:SolarEclipseCzechRepublicJanuary2011.jpg,

Petrov nad Desnou Petrov nad Desnou (until 1955 Petrovice nad Desnou; german: Petersdorf an der Tess) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village o ...

, Czech Republic at 8:41 UTC File:04-Jan-2011 Solar Eclips-Slovakia-Bratislava.JPG,

Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approximately 140% of ...

at 8:43 UTC File:Затмение 2011 в Томске.jpg,

Tomsk, Russia Tomsk ( rus, Томск, p=tomsk, sty, Түң-тора) is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, located on the Tom River. Population: Founded in 1604, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia. The city is a not ...

at 8:44 UTC File:Солнечное затмение 04 января 2011 в Москве.ogv, Video from

Moscow, Russia Moscow ( , American English, US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia. The city stands on t ...

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Sana'a, Yemen Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Ancient South Arabian script, Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and List of cities in Yemen, largest city in Yemen and the centre of ...

at 8:47 UTC File:Солнечное затмение 4 января 2011 года в 12.02 в Москве.jpg, From Moscow, Russia at 9:02 UTC. File:Neilparley - Partial Solar Eclipse (20110104) (by-sa).jpg,

Kirkcaldy, Scotland Kirkcaldy ( ; sco, Kirkcaldy; gd, Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, ...

at 9:14 UTC File:Partial solar eclipse (5323513632).jpg,

Haarlem, Netherlands Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropol ...

, 9:29 UTC

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. It was preceded two weeks earlier by the total lunar eclipse of December 21, 2010.

Solar eclipses 2008–2011

Metonic series

Notes

References

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NASA Chart

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External links

Live web-cast of the Partial Solar Eclipse of 2011 Jan 04
Bareket observatory,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Solar eclipse of 2011 January 4. Russia, Moscow. 4 Photos
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