A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, April 11, 2051, 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.
| Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.0169 |
| Magnitude | 0.9849 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 71°36′N 32°12′E / 71.6°N 32.2°E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 2:10:39 |
| References | |
| Saros | 120 (63 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9621 |
The umbral shadow of the Moon will pass just above the north pole of the Earth. It will be the largest partial solar eclipse in 21st century.[1]
The maximal phase of the partial eclipse (0.98) will be recorded in Barents Sea. The eclipse will be observed on the north-east of Europe and practically throughout in Asia, on north on Canada and Greenland and everywhere in US state Alaska.
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 2051
edit- 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
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 23, 2047
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2058
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 5, 2042
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2060
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062
Solar Saros 120
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2069
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2080
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 1964
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 9, 2138
Solar eclipses of 2051–2054
editThis 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.[2]
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 Partial |
1.0169 | 125 | October 4, 2051 Partial |
−1.2094 | |
| 130 | March 30, 2052 Total |
0.3238 | 135 | September 22, 2052 Annular |
−0.448 | |
| 140 | March 20, 2053 Annular |
−0.4089 | 145 | September 12, 2053 Total |
0.314 | |
| 150 | March 9, 2054 Partial |
−1.1711 | 155 | September 2, 2054 Partial |
1.0215 | |
Saros 120
editThis 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.[3]
| Series members 50–71 occur between 1801 and 2195: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 51 | 52 |
| November 19, 1816 |
November 30, 1834 |
December 11, 1852 |
| 53 | 54 | 55 |
| December 22, 1870 |
January 1, 1889 |
January 14, 1907 |
| 56 | 57 | 58 |
| January 24, 1925 |
February 4, 1943 |
February 15, 1961 |
| 59 | 60 | 61 |
| February 26, 1979 |
March 9, 1997 |
March 20, 2015 |
| 62 | 63 | 64 |
| March 30, 2033 |
April 11, 2051 |
April 21, 2069 |
| 65 | 66 | 67 |
| May 2, 2087 |
May 14, 2105 |
May 25, 2123 |
| 68 | 69 | 70 |
| June 4, 2141 |
June 16, 2159 |
June 26, 2177 |
| 71 | ||
| July 7, 2195 | ||
Metonic series
editThe 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 descending node.
| 22 eclipse events between June 23, 2047 and November 16, 2134 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 22–23 | April 10–11 | January 27–29 | November 15–16 | September 3–5 |
| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
| June 23, 2047 |
April 11, 2051 |
January 27, 2055 |
November 16, 2058 |
September 3, 2062 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
| June 22, 2066 |
April 11, 2070 |
January 27, 2074 |
November 15, 2077 |
September 3, 2081 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
| June 22, 2085 |
April 10, 2089 |
January 27, 2093 |
November 15, 2096 |
September 4, 2100 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
| June 22, 2104 |
April 11, 2108 |
January 29, 2112 |
November 16, 2115 |
September 5, 2119 |
| 158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | |
| June 23, 2123 |
November 16, 2134 | |||
Tritos series
editThis eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 2018 and 2200 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 13, 2018 (Saros 117) |
June 12, 2029 (Saros 118) |
May 11, 2040 (Saros 119) |
April 11, 2051 (Saros 120) |
March 11, 2062 (Saros 121) |
| February 7, 2073 (Saros 122) |
January 7, 2084 (Saros 123) |
December 7, 2094 (Saros 124) |
November 6, 2105 (Saros 125) |
October 6, 2116 (Saros 126) |
| September 6, 2127 (Saros 127) |
August 5, 2138 (Saros 128) |
July 5, 2149 (Saros 129) |
June 4, 2160 (Saros 130) |
May 5, 2171 (Saros 131) |
| April 3, 2182 (Saros 132) |
March 3, 2193 (Saros 133) | |||
Inex series
editThis eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
| September 19, 1819 (Saros 112) |
August 28, 1848 (Saros 113) |
August 9, 1877 (Saros 114) |
| July 21, 1906 (Saros 115) |
June 30, 1935 (Saros 116) |
June 10, 1964 (Saros 117) |
| May 21, 1993 (Saros 118) |
April 30, 2022 (Saros 119) |
April 11, 2051 (Saros 120) |
| March 21, 2080 (Saros 121) |
March 1, 2109 (Saros 122) |
February 9, 2138 (Saros 123) |
| January 21, 2167 (Saros 124) |
December 31, 2195 (Saros 125) |
|
References
edit- ^ "Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 2001 to 2100". Eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 120". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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