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Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018

21st-century partial solar eclipse

Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018

21st-century partial solar eclipse

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A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, August 11, 2018, 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

Animated path.

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.

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverageReferences:
Mary's Harbour05:49:59 (sunrise)05:56:3006:19:150:294.19%
Happy Valley-Goose Bay05:34:57 (sunrise)05:38:5405:55:540:215.76%
Nuuk06:04:0806:41:3107:20:021:1619.99%
Reykjavík08:10:0608:44:2309:19:391:1010.45%
Tórshavn09:20:2609:48:4610:17:470:574.58%
Pond Inlet04:14:5704:59:0605:44:091:2942.24%
Oslo10:41:0811:01:3511:22:170:411.29%
Pituffik05:16:5606:02:4406:49:221:3243.45%
Qaanaaq06:18:0307:04:1507:51:141:3344.59%
Resolute03:21:0904:06:2604:52:221:3149.80%
Stockholm10:49:5911:09:3111:29:130:391.04%
Eureka03:23:2304:10:3404:58:191:3550.80%
Longyearbyen10:28:2211:17:3912:07:201:3934.99%
Tallinn11:54:0412:17:4312:41:300:471.79%
Coral Harbour04:11:37 (sunrise)04:17:4704:31:380:2012.13%
Helsinki11:51:0912:18:0012:45:010:542.70%
Rovaniemi11:37:4012:19:2513:01:291:2413.29%
Moscow12:21:4312:36:2312:51:010:290.37%
Pevek21:01:4121:49:0622:08:39 (sunset)1:0767.94%
Magadan20:23:4120:54:2021:00:02 (sunset)0:3645.56%
Verkhoyansk19:14:1920:04:1420:52:371:3861.72%
Yakutsk18:24:5819:14:0220:01:191:3657.62%
Astana15:44:3916:22:5616:59:411:159.35%
Seoul19:12:4519:24:0719:30:01 (sunset)0:177.74%
Pyongyang19:10:2119:34:4319:37:37 (sunset)0:2719.98%
Shanghai18:30:3218:38:4018:41:16 (sunset)0:113.26%
Bishkek16:18:3316:40:4217:02:120:441.76%
Ulaanbaatar17:56:2118:40:5519:23:141:2729.86%
Almaty16:14:5016:41:3317:07:200:533.27%
Beijing18:12:3118:51:1819:16:48 (sunset)1:0423.01%

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.

EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact2018 August 11 at 08:03:16.2 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2018 August 11 at 09:21:12.9 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2018 August 11 at 09:47:28.0 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2018 August 11 at 09:58:53.5 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2018 August 11 at 11:31:53.5 UTC
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.73677
Eclipse Obscuration0.67963
Gamma1.14758
Sun Right Ascension09h24m28.1s
Sun Declination+15°13'19.1"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'46.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension09h25m31.3s
Moon Declination+16°21'40.4"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'40.0"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'10.1"
ΔT69.2 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.

July 13
Ascending node (new moon)
July 27
Descending node (full moon)
August 11
Ascending node (new moon)
[[File:SE2018Jul13P.png200px]][[File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2018Jul27.png200px]][[File:SE2018Aug11P.png200px]]
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 117Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 129Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 155

References

References

  1. "August 11, 2018 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate.
  2. "Partial Solar Eclipse of 2018 Aug 11". EclipseWise.com.
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