Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018
From Huittinen, Finland
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1476
Magnitude0.7368
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates70°24′N 174°30′E / 70.4°N 174.5°E / 70.4; 174.5
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse9:47:28
References
Saros155 (6 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9549
Animated path.

The solar eclipse of August 11, 2018 was a partial solar eclipse that was visible in the north of North America, Greenland, Northern Europe and north-eastern Asia.[1][2]

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.

Eclipses of 2018

Solar eclipses ascending node 2015-2018

Solar eclipses 2015–2018

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.[3]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2015–2018
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
120

Longyearbyen, Svalbard		 2015 March 20

Total		 0.94536 125

Solar Dynamics Observatory
2015 September 13

Partial (south)		 −1.10039
130

Balikpapan, Indonesia		 2016 March 9

Total		 0.26092 135

L'Étang-Salé, Réunion		 2016 September 1

Annular		 −0.33301
140

Partial from Buenos Aires		 2017 February 26

Annular		 −0.45780 145

Casper, Wyoming		 2017 August 21

Total		 0.43671
150

Partial from Olivos, Buenos Aires		 2018 February 15

Partial (south)		 −1.21163 155

Partial from Huittinen, Finland		 2018 August 11

Partial (north)		 1.14758

Partial solar eclipses on July 13, 2018, and January 6, 2019, occur during the next semester series.

Saros 155 series

It is a part of Saros cycle 155, repeating every 18 years, 11 days (223 synodic months), contains 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 17, 1928. It has total eclipses from September 12, 2072 to August 30, 2649. The series also has 3 hybrid eclipses from September 10, 2667 to October 3, 2703 and 20 annular eclipses from October 13, 2721 to May 8, 3064.

The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 24, 3190. The longest total eclipses will be on October 26, 2144 and on November 6, 2162, at 4 minutes and 5 seconds.[4]

Series members 1–10 occur between 1901 and 2100:
1 2 3

June 17, 1928
June 29, 1946
July 9, 1964
4 5 6

July 20, 1982
July 31, 2000
August 11, 2018
7 8 9

August 21, 2036
September 2, 2054
September 12, 2072
10

September 23, 2090

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

22 eclipse events between January 5, 1935 and August 11, 2018
January 4-5 October 23-24 August 10-12 May 30-31 March 18-19
111 113 115 117 119

January 5, 1935
August 12, 1942
May 30, 1946
March 18, 1950
121 123 125 127 129

January 5, 1954
October 23, 1957
August 11, 1961
May 30, 1965
March 18, 1969
131 133 135 137 139

January 4, 1973
October 23, 1976
August 10, 1980
May 30, 1984
March 18, 1988
141 143 145 147 149

January 4, 1992
October 24, 1995
August 11, 1999
May 31, 2003
March 19, 2007
151 153 155

January 4, 2011
October 23, 2014
August 11, 2018
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Solar eclipse of 2018 August 11.
  • Kudryashova, Natalia (August 14, 2018). "Солнечное затмение 11 августа 2018 года на фото: Каким видели Солнце в разных уголках Земли" [Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018: How the sun was seen in different parts of the Earth] (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-01-02.

References

  1. ↑ Weitering, Hanneke (August 12, 2018). "Last Solar Eclipse of 2018 Shines In These Awesome Photos". Space.com.
  2. ↑ "Partial solar eclipse to take place Saturday, unseen in Arab world". EgyptToday. August 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.
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