Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011
| Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | -1.0536 |
| Magnitude | 0.9047 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 68°36′S 82°24′W / 68.6°S 82.4°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| (P1) Partial begin | 4:23:14 |
| Greatest eclipse | 6:21:24 |
| (P4) Partial end | 8:17:16 |
| References | |
| Saros | 123 (53 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9534 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on November 25, 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 was visible across Antarctica in its summer 24-hour day sunlight, and New Zealand near sunset with less than 20% of the Sun obscured. Parts of the western Antarctic Peninsula experienced nearly 90% obscuration of the Sun.
This was the last of four partial solar eclipses in 2011, with the others occurring on January 4, 2011, June 1, 2011, and July 1, 2011.
Animated path
It proceeded the total lunar eclipse which occurred on December 10, 2011.
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.
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).
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