Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018
| Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.1476 |
| Magnitude | 0.7368 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 70°24′N 174°30′E / 70.4°N 174.5°E |
| 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 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.
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Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 2015-2018
Each member 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.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
120 Longyearbyen, Norway | March 20, 2015 Total |
125 | September 13, 2015 Partial | |||
| 130 | March 9, 2016 Total |
135 | September 1, 2016 Annular | |||
| 140 | February 26, 2017 Annular |
145 | August 21, 2017 Total | |||
| 150 | February 15, 2018 Partial |
155 | August 11, 2018 Partial | |||
| Partial solar eclipses on July 13, 2018, and January 6, 2019, occur during the next semester series. | ||||||
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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References
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External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
