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 was the second of four partial solar eclipses in 2011, with the others occurring on January 4, July 1, and November 25.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Northeast Asia, Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, northern Scandinavia, and Iceland.
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Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of June 1, 2011(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Sapporo 04:27:03 04:50:24 05:14:31 0:47 2.94% Harbin 03:47:11 (sunrise) 04:01:25 04:37:21 0:50 12.46% Qiqihar 03:51:37 (sunrise) 04:05:02 04:43:14 0:52 15.52% Hulunbuir 04:00:23 (sunrise) 04:09:59 04:50:34 0:50 19.69% Mohe 03:32:13 04:13:32 04:56:36 1:26 22.15% Seoul 05:12:25 (sunrise) 05:13:45 05:15:04 0:03 0.12% Pyongyang 05:13:06 (sunrise) 05:16:13 05:20:55 0:08 0.92% Magadan 07:36:31 08:17:44 09:00:51 1:24 13.71% Yakutsk 05:39:05 06:25:12 07:13:15 1:34 26.48% Choibalsan 04:26:12 (sunrise) 04:30:03 04:52:19 0:26 14.05% Anadyr 07:57:53 08:36:44 09:16:55 1:19 7.49% Rovaniemi 23:41:34 00:00:39 00:21:23 (sunset) 0:40 19.26% Wainwright 12:19:49 13:02:36 13:46:03 1:26 8.94% Atqasuk 12:22:22 13:04:29 13:47:11 1:25 8.31% Utqiagvik 12:22:26 13:05:49 13:49:45 1:27 9.33% Belushya Guba 00:23:32 01:13:45 02:04:13 1:41 49.55% Utsjoki 23:38:36 00:28:24 01:17:54 1:39 48.81% Ivalo 23:39:03 00:28:27 01:17:33 1:39 48.92% Longyearbyen 22:37:36 23:29:49 00:21:37 1:44 44.98% Kittilä 23:41:20 00:30:26 01:19:09 1:38 48.57% Tromsø 22:43:29 23:33:16 00:22:34 1:39 47.73% Kiruna 22:44:08 23:33:20 00:22:03 1:38 47.89% Alert 16:42:53 17:36:09 18:28:36 1:46 31.71% Danmarkshavn 20:50:25 21:42:33 22:33:43 1:43 39.31% Pituffik 17:56:41 18:48:12 19:38:24 1:42 25.88% Tórshavn 22:07:48 22:48:34 22:56:24 (sunset) 0:49 37.58% Pond Inlet 17:05:41 17:54:44 18:42:17 1:37 19.45% Reykjavík 21:13:34 22:01:26 22:47:54 1:34 34.63% Nuuk 19:26:09 20:12:18 20:56:39 1:31 21.54% St. John's 19:41:18 20:09:28 20:36:42 0:55 5.08%References:
Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+June 1, 2011 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2011 June 01 at 19:26:25.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2011 June 01 at 21:03:42.9 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2011 June 01 at 21:17:18.4 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2011 June 01 at 21:23:06.3 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2011 June 01 at 23:08:03.6 UTC
+June 1, 2011 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.60107 Eclipse Obscuration 0.50014 Gamma 1.21300 Sun Right Ascension 04h37m53.4s Sun Declination +22°05'47.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'46.3" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 04h37m41.0s Moon Declination +23°13'19.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'13.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'52.1" ΔT 66.4 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of June–July 2011 June 1Descending node (new moon) June 15Ascending node (full moon) July 1Descending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 118 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 130 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 156
Related eclipses Eclipses in 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.
Metonic Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 2004 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 13, 2018
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2002 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 5, 2020
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2000 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
Solar Saros 118 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 21, 1993 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 12, 2029
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 1982 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 31, 1924 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 1, 2098
Solar eclipses of 2011–2014
Saros 118
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
Notes
References
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 Report about the partial eclipse in Bratsk, Russia