A partial

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occurred at the Moon’s

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of orbit on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, with a

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of 0.8576. 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. This was the first of four partial solar eclipses in 2011, with the others occurring on

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July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and ...

, and

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. The greatest eclipse occurred at 08:51 UTC in northern

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. At that time, the axis of the Moon's shadow passed a mere 510 km above Earth's surface. The eclipse was visible near sunrise over most of

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before moving over

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. It ended at sunset over

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. It was visible as a minor partial eclipse over

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and the

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Visibility

Animated path

Photo gallery

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, Germany at 8:32 UTC File:Partielle Sonnenfinsternis Montage.jpg, Composite image from

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, Germany File:Solar eclipse Vienna 2011-1-4 a.jpg,

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, Czech Republic at 8:41 UTC File:04-Jan-2011 Solar Eclips-Slovakia-Bratislava.JPG,

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at 8:43 UTC File:Затмение 2011 в Томске.jpg,

Tomsk, Russia Tomsk (, ) is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, on the Tom River. Population: Founded in 1604, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia. It has six universities, with over 100,000 students, including Tomsk St ...

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at 8:47 UTC File:Солнечное затмение 4 января 2011 года в 12.02 в Москве.jpg, From Moscow, Russia at 9:02 UTC. File:Sun eclipse and Airbus A-319. 04.01.2011 (5323778088).jpg, Eclipse and

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, 9:29 UTC

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.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an

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, 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

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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: Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014 A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, October 23, 2014, with a magnitude of 0.8114. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image ...

Tzolkinex

* Preceded by:

Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003 A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Sunday, November 23 and Monday, November 24, 2003, with a magnitude of 1.0379. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or ...

* Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 2018

Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 30, 2001 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 10, 2020

Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of December 4, 2021 A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Saturday, December 4, 2021, with a magnitude of 1.0367. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's and the apparent path of the ...

Solar Saros 151

* Preceded by:

Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992 A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Wednesday, December 23 and Thursday, December 24, 1992, with a magnitude of 0.8422. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby total ...

* Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 2029

Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1982 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039 A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's Lunar node, descending node of orbit on Thursday, December 15, 2039, with a Magnitude of eclipse, magnitude of 1.0356. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby to ...

Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 5, 1924 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of November 4, 2097 An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's Lunar node, descending node of orbit between Sunday, November 3 and Monday, November 4, 2097, with a Magnitude of eclipse, magnitude of 0.9494. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between E ...

Solar eclipses of 2008–2011

Saros 151

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

Notes

References

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NASA Chart

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External links

Live web-cast of the Partial Solar Eclipse of 2011 Jan 04
Bareket observatory,

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