June 2011 lunar eclipse
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox lunar eclipse A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, June 15, 2011,[1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.7014. It was a central lunar eclipse, in which part of the Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 4.1 days after perigee (on June 11, 2011, at 21:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.[2]
The last time a lunar eclipse was closer to the center of the Earth's shadow was on July 16, 2000. The next central total lunar eclipse occurred on July 27, 2018.
Visibility and viewing
The eclipse was completely visible over east Africa, Antarctica, and west, central, and south Asia, seen rising over Europe, west Africa, and South America and setting over east Asia and Australia.[3]
In western Asia, Australia, and the Philippines, the lunar eclipse was visible just before sunrise.[4] It was very visible in the clear and cloudless night sky throughout eastern and southeast Asia. Africa, far eastern Russia and Europe witnessed the whole event even in the late stages (as in partial lunar eclipse). The Americas (including North and northwestern South America) missed the eclipse completely (except in most areas) because it occurred at moonset.
| File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2011Jun15.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2011jun15.png Hourly motion shown right to left |
File:Lunar eclipse chart-2011Jun15.png The Moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Ophiuchus (north of Scorpius). |
| File:Visibility Lunar Eclipse 2011-06-15.png Visibility map | ||
Images
Gallery
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Macau, 18:43 UTC
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Hong Kong, 18:47 UTC
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Vittoriosa, Malta, 18:52 UTC
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Makati, Philippines, 19:21 UTC
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Mangalore, India, 19:32 UTC
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Dompu, Indonesia, 19:35 UTC
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Sofia, Bulgaria, 19:42 UTC
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Tehran, Iran, 19:44 UTC
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Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 19:53 UTC
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Johannesburg, South Africa, 22:03 UTC
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Marseille, France, 20:07 UTC
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Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia, 20:58 UTC
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Deva, Romania, 21:01 UTC
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Palermo, Italy, 21:04 UTC
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Perth, Australia, ~21:10 UTC
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Germering, Germany, 21:22 UTC
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Salto, São Paulo, 21:23 UTC
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Lisbon, Portugal, 21:35 UTC
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Bærum, Norway, 21:37 UTC
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Tbilisi, Georgia, 21:45 UTC
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Budapest, Hungary, 21:50 UTC
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Sobotin, Czech republic
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Animation from Pagny-le-Château, France
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Animation from Novosibirsk, Russia
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Eclipse details
Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[5]
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Penumbral Magnitude | 2.68833 |
| Umbral Magnitude | 1.70136 |
| Gamma | 0.08968 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 05h35m33.6s |
| Sun Declination | +23°19'06.1" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'44.7" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 17h35m32.3s |
| Moon Declination | -23°13'51.6" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'57.2" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°58'33.0" |
| ΔT | 66.5 s |
Eclipse season
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". 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.
| June 1 Descending node (new moon) |
June 15 Ascending node (full moon) |
July 1 Descending node (new moon) |
|---|---|---|
| File:SE2011Jun01P.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2011jun15.png | File:SE2011Jul01P.png |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 118 |
Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 130 |
Partial solar eclipse Solar 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
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 28, 2007
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 2015
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 2004
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 27, 2018
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020
Tritos
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 2000
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2022
Lunar Saros 130
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 4, 1993
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 26, 2029
Inex
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 6, 1982
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2040
Triad
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 14, 1924
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2098
Lunar eclipses of 2009–2013
Template:Lunar eclipse set 2009-2013
Saros 130
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on June 10, 1416. It contains partial eclipses from September 4, 1560 through April 12, 1903; total eclipses from April 22, 1921 through September 11, 2155; and a second set of partial eclipses from September 21, 2173 through May 10, 2552. The series ends at member 71 as a penumbral eclipse on July 26, 2678.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 35 at 101 minutes, 53 seconds on June 26, 2029. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[6]
| Greatest | First | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-29jun26.png The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2029 Jun 26, lasting 101 minutes, 53 seconds.[7] |
Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| 1416 Jun 10 |
1560 Sep 04 |
1921 Apr 22 File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1921Apr22.png |
1975 May 25 File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1975May25.png | |
| Last | ||||
| Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
| 2083 Jul 29 File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2083Jul29.png |
2155 Sep 11 |
2552 May 10 |
2678 Jul 26 | |
Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
Tritos series
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Inex series
Template:Inex eclipse set info
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1808 Nov 03 (Saros 123) |
1837 Oct 13 (Saros 124) |
1866 Sep 24 (Saros 125) | |||
| 1895 Sep 04 (Saros 126) |
1924 Aug 14 (Saros 127) |
1953 Jul 26 (Saros 128) | |||
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1924Aug14.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1924Aug14.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1953Jul26.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1953Jul26.png | ||
| 1982 Jul 06 (Saros 129) |
2011 Jun 15 (Saros 130) |
2040 May 26 (Saros 131) | |||
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1982Jul06.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1982Jul06.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2011jun15.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2011Jun15.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2040May26.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2040May26.png |
| 2069 May 06 (Saros 132) |
2098 Apr 15 (Saros 133) |
2127 Mar 28 (Saros 134) | |||
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2069May06.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2069May06.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2098Apr15.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2098Apr15.png | ||
| 2156 Mar 07 (Saros 135) |
2185 Feb 14 (Saros 136) | ||||
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[8] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 137.
| June 10, 2002 | June 21, 2020 |
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| File:SE2002Jun10A.png | File:SE2020Jun21A.png |
See also
- List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
- December 2010 lunar eclipse
- December 2011 lunar eclipse
- File:2011-06-15 Lunar Eclipse Sketch.gif Chart
- Solar eclipse
Notes
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- ↑ "Longest lunar eclipse for a decade turns moon blood red", Terry Brown. Clare Peddie. Herald Sun. 16 June 2011. Accessed 15 June 2011
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- ↑ Listing of Eclipses of series 130
- ↑ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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References
- Bao-Lin Liu, Canon of Lunar Eclipses 1500 B.C.-A.D. 3000, 1992
External links
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- Live-webcast of the lunar eclipse on 15 June 2011, University of Applied Sciences Offenburg/Germany
- Live Free Lunar eclipse webcast & hands-on lunar eclipse experiments: 2011-06-15 Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- Live eclipse webcasts, Ciclope group/Technical University of Madrid
- Live eclipse webcasts, Sky Watchers Association of North Bengal
- Hermit eclipse: 2011-06-15
- NASA: Lunar Eclipses: Past and Future
- 2011 Jun 15 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Index to Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses, −1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE)
- Eclipses: 2001 to 2100Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore
- Live webcast by Tübitak Script error: No such module "webarchive". – the Turkish National Observatory
- Live webcast from the SLOOH Space Camera and Google Earth. The eclipse stages are also being incorporated into a Google doodle operating during the eclipse.
- Webcast