Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018

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.

Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018
From Huittinen, Finland
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1476
Magnitude0.7368
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates70.4°N 174.5°E / 70.4; 174.5
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse9:47:28
References
Saros155 (6 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9549
Animated path.

Visibility

The maximal phase of the partial eclipse was recorded in East Siberian Sea, near the 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 the 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.[1]

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 7, 2162, at 4 minutes and 5 seconds.[2]

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.

  • 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.
  1. 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.
  2. Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.
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