| Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.1476 |
| Magnitude | 0.7368 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 70.4N 174.5E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 9:47:28 |
| References | |
| Saros | 155 (6 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9549 |
A partial solar eclipse will occur on August 11, 2018. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially 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.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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| 120 | March 20, 2015 Total |
125 | September 13, 2015 Partial |
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| 130 | March 9, 2016 Total |
135 | September 1, 2016 Annular |
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| 140 | February 26, 2017 Annular |
145 | August 21, 2017 Total |
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| 150 | February 15, 2018 Partial |
155 | August 11, 2018 Partial |
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| Partial solar eclipses on July 13, 2018 and January 6, 2019 occur on the next lunar year eclipse set. | ||||||
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).
This series has 21 eclipse events between August 12, 1942 and August 11, 2018.
| August 10-12 | May 30 | March 18 | January 4-5 | October 23-24 |
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| 115 | 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 |
August 12, 1942 |
May 30, 1946 |
March 18, 1950 |
January 5, 1954 |
October 23, 1957 |
| 125 | 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 |
August 11, 1961 |
May 30, 1965 |
March 18, 1969 |
January 4, 1973 |
October 23, 1976 |
| 135 | 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 |
August 10, 1980 |
May 30, 1984 |
March 18, 1988 |
January 4, 1992 |
October 24, 1995 |
| 145 | 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 |
August 11, 1999 |
May 31, 2003 |
March 19, 2007 |
January 4, 2011 |
October 23, 2014 |
| 155 | ||||
August 11, 2018 |
