Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Monday, April 10 and Tuesday, April 11, 2051,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9849. 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 umbral shadow of the Moon will pass just above the North Pole. It will be the largest partial solar eclipse in 21st century.[2]
The maximal phase of the partial eclipse (0.98) will be recorded in the Barents Sea. The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Asia, Alaska, and western Canada.
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.[3]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2051 April 11 at 00:12:31.3 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2051 April 11 at 02:00:30.3 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2051 April 11 at 02:10:38.6 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2051 April 11 at 02:41:35.1 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2051 April 11 at 04:08:32.1 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.98490 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.98811 |
| Gamma | 1.01694 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 01h18m13.3s |
| Sun Declination | +08°15'12.8" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'57.8" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 01h17m01.7s |
| Moon Declination | +09°14'52.8" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'42.8" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'20.2" |
| ΔT | 84.9 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.
| April 11 Descending node (new moon) |
April 26 Ascending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| File:SE2051Apr11P.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2051Apr26.png |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 120 |
Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 132 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2051
- A partial solar eclipse on April 11.
- A total lunar eclipse on April 26.
- A partial solar eclipse on October 4.
- A total lunar eclipse on October 19.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 23, 2047
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2058
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 5, 2042
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2060
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062
Solar Saros 120
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2069
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2080
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 1964
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 9, 2138
Solar eclipses of 2051–2054
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[4]
The partial solar eclipse on August 3, 2054 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2051 to 2054 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 120 | April 11, 2051 File:SE2051Apr11P.png Partial |
1.0169 | 125 | October 4, 2051 File:SE2051Oct04P.png Partial |
−1.2094 | |
| 130 | March 30, 2052 File:SE2052Mar30T.png Total |
0.3238 | 135 | September 22, 2052 File:SE2052Sep22A.png Annular |
−0.448 | |
| 140 | March 20, 2053 File:SE2053Mar20A.png Annular |
−0.4089 | 145 | September 12, 2053 File:SE2053Sep12T.png Total |
0.314 | |
| 150 | March 9, 2054 File:SE2054Mar09P.png Partial |
−1.1711 | 155 | September 2, 2054 File:SE2054Sep02P.png Partial |
1.0215 | |
Saros 120
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD. It contains annular eclipses from August 11, 1059 through April 26, 1492; hybrid eclipses from May 8, 1510 through June 8, 1564; and total eclipses from June 20, 1582 through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. Its 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.
The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 11 at 6 minutes, 24 seconds on September 11, 1113, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 60 at 2 minutes, 50 seconds on March 9, 1997. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[5]
Metonic series
Template:Solar Metonic series 2047–2134
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2018 July 13
Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2022 April 30
References
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