Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011

{{short description|21st-century partial solar eclipse}}

{{Infobox solar eclipse|2011Jun01

| previous = Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011

| next = Solar eclipse of July 1, 2011

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A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, June 1, 2011,{{cite web|title=June 1, 2011 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2011-june-1|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=11 August 2024}} 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.

Visibility

Gallery

File:Midnight sun eclipse 1 june 2011 tromso.jpg|End of the eclipse seen from Tromsø, Norway

Eclipse season

{{See also|Eclipse cycle}}

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 June–July 2011

! June 1
Descending node (new moon)
!! June 15
Ascending node (full moon)
!! July 1
Descending node (new moon)

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| Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 118

Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 130
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 156

Related eclipses

= Eclipses in 2011 =

= Metonic =

= Tzolkinex =

= Half-Saros =

= Tritos =

= Solar Saros 118 =

= Inex =

= Triad =

= Solar eclipses of 2011–2014 =

{{Solar eclipse set 2011–2014}}

= Saros 118 =

{{Solar Saros series 118}}

= Metonic series =

{{Solar Metonic series 2011–2098}}

= Tritos series =

{{Solar Tritos series 2000 July 1}}

= Inex series =

{{Solar Inex series 2011 June 1}}

Notes

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References

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{{Cite web

| url = https://www.space.com/11864-midnight-solar-eclipse-amazes-skywatchers.html

| title = Rare 'Midnight' Partial Solar Eclipse Amazes Northern Skywatchers

| first = Tariq

| last = Malik

| date = 2011-06-02

| website = Space.com

}}

{{Cite web

| url = https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/06/03/136934341/stunning-a-solar-eclipse-at-midnight

| title = Stunning: A Solar Eclipse At Midnight

| date = 2011-06-03

| first = Eyder

| last = Peralta

| website = NPR

}}

{{Cite web

| url = https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/110601-solar-eclipse-arctic-midnight-sun-tonight-partial-science

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210303000945/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/110601-solar-eclipse-arctic-midnight-sun-tonight-partial-science

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = March 3, 2021

| title = Solar Eclipse at Midnight? Sun Smiles on Arctic Tonight

| date = 2011-06-02

| website = National Geographic

| first = Andrew

| last = Fazekas

}}

{{Cite web

| url = https://www.wired.com/2011/06/midnight-sun-eclipse/

| title = Rare Midnight Solar Eclipse Caught in Arctic

| first = Lisa

| last = Grossman

| via = Wired

| date = 2011-06-03

}}

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-journal-looking-skyward/133632658/

| date = 2011-06-01

| page = 2

| title = Looking skyward

| newspaper = News-Journal

| location = Mansfield, Ohio

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bangor-daily-news-skywatch-data/133632674/

| date = 2011-06-01

| page = 14

| title = Skywatch data

| newspaper = The Bangor Daily News

| location = Bangor, Maine

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/poughkeepsie-journal-weather-report/133632635/

| date = 2011-06-01

| page = 10

| title = Weather Report

| newspaper = Poughkeepsie Journal

| location = Poughkeepsie, New York

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

{{Cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/kent-county-news-plenty-to-see-even-with/133632844/

| date = 2011-06-02

| page = 7

| title = Plenty to see even with shorter nights

| newspaper = Kent County News

| location = Chestertown, Maryland

| via = Newspapers.com

| access-date = 2023-10-18

}}

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  • [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2011Jun01P.GIF ]