A partial
solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six month ...
occurred on July 1, 2011.
A
solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six month ...
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 is the first solar eclipse of
Saros series 156, only visible as a partial solar eclipse in a small area south of
South Africa and north of
Antarctica. At greatest eclipse, the
magnitude was just 0.097. It is the first new saros series to begin since
saros 155 began with the partial
solar eclipse of June 17, 1928. The eclipse belonged to Saros 156 and was number 1 of 69 eclipses in the series. Thus, the 2011 Jul 01 event was the first eclipse of the series.
FIVE MILLENNIUM CATALOG OF SOLAR ECLIPSES
Fred Espenak
This eclipse is the third of four partial solar eclipses in 2011, with the others occurring on January 4, 2011, June 1, 2011 and November 25, 2011.
Images
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 2008–2011
Metonic series
References
External links
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