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.
The umbral shadow of the Moon will pass just above the North Pole. It will be the largest partial solar eclipse in 21st century.
The maximal phase of the partial eclipse (0.98) will be recorded in the Barents Sea. The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Asia, Alaska, and western Canada.
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.
+April 11, 2051 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2051 April 11 at 00:12:31.3 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2051 April 11 at 02:00:30.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2051 April 11 at 02:10:38.6 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2051 April 11 at 02:41:35.1 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2051 April 11 at 04:08:32.1 UTC
+April 11, 2051 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.98490 Eclipse Obscuration 0.98811 Gamma 1.01694 Sun Right Ascension 01h18m13.3s Sun Declination +08°15'12.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'57.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 01h17m01.7s Moon Declination +09°14'52.8" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'42.8" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'20.2" ΔT 84.9 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, 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 fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of April 2051 April 11Descending node (new moon) April 26Ascending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 120 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 132
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2051 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 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 23, 2047 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2058
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 5, 2042 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2060
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062
Solar Saros 120 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2069
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2080
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 1964 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 9, 2138
Solar eclipses of 2051–2054
Saros 120
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2051Apr11P.GIF