Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018

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A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, August 11, 2018,{{cite web|title=August 11, 2018 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2018-august-11|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=12 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.7368. 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.

The eclipse was visible in northeastern Canada, Greenland, Northern Europe, and northern Asia.

Visibility

The maximal phase of the partial eclipse was recorded in the East Siberian Sea, near Wrangel Island.

The eclipse was observed in Canada, Greenland, Scotland, most of the Nordic countries (Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland), Estonia, Latvia, practically throughout Russia (except for places southwest of the line roughly passing through Pskov, Moscow and Penza, and the most eastern places of the Far East), in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and China. During sunset, the eclipse was observed in North and South Korea.

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Gallery

File:Солнечное затмение 11 августа 2018 года в Москве (парк Артёма Боровика) (cropped).jpg|Moscow, Russia, 9:40 UTC

File:Solar eclipse of 2018 August 11 in Baley (cropped).jpg|Baley, Russia, 10:24 UTC

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.{{cite web|title=Partial Solar Eclipse of 2018 Aug 11|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2018Aug11Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=12 August 2024}}

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|+August 11, 2018 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 2018 August 11 at 08:03:16.2 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 2018 August 11 at 09:21:12.9 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 2018 August 11 at 09:47:28.0 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 2018 August 11 at 09:58:53.5 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 2018 August 11 at 11:31:53.5 UTC

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|+August 11, 2018 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.73677

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.67963

Gamma

| 1.14758

Sun Right Ascension

| 09h24m28.1s

Sun Declination

| +15°13'19.1"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 15'46.8"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.7"

Moon Right Ascension

| 09h25m31.3s

Moon Declination

| +16°21'40.4"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 16'40.0"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 1°01'10.1"

ΔT

| 69.2 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.

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|+ Eclipse season of July–August 2018

! July 13
Ascending node (new moon)
!! July 27
Descending node (full moon)
!! August 11
Ascending node (new moon)

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| Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 117

Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 129

Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 155