Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011

Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	-1.0536
Magnitude	0.9047
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	68°36′S 82°24′W / 68.6°S 82.4°W
Times (UTC)
(P1) Partial begin	4:23:14
Greatest eclipse	6:21:24
(P4) Partial end	8:17:16
References
Saros	123 (53 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9534

A partial solar eclipse occurred on November 25, 2011. 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 eclipse was visible across Antarctica in its summer 24-hour day sunlight, and New Zealand near sunset with less than 20% of the Sun obscured. Parts of the western Antarctic Peninsula experienced nearly 90% obscuration of the Sun.

This was the last of four partial solar eclipses in 2011, with the others occurring on January 4, 2011, June 1, 2011, and July 1, 2011.

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Related eclipses

It proceeded the total lunar eclipse which occurred on December 10, 2011.

Solar eclipses 2011–2014

This eclipse is a member of the 2011-2014 solar eclipse 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]^{[Note 1]}

Solar eclipse series sets from 2011–14
Descending node		Ascending node
Saros	Map	Saros	Map
118 Partial from Tromsø, Norway	June 1, 2011 Partial	123	November 25, 2011 Partial
128 Middlegate, Nevada	May 20, 2012 Annular	133 Ellis Beach, Queensland	November 13, 2012 Total
138 Churchills Head, Australia	May 10, 2013 Annular	143 Partial from Accra, Ghana	November 3, 2013 Hybrid
148 Partial from Adelaide, AU	April 29, 2014 Annular	153 Partial from Minneapolis, MN	October 23, 2014 Partial

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).

21 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076
July 1-2	April 19-20	February 5-7	November 24-25	September 12-13
117	119	121	123	125
July 1, 2000	April 19, 2004	February 7, 2008	November 25, 2011	September 13, 2015
127	129	131	133	135
July 2, 2019	April 20, 2023	February 6, 2027	November 25, 2030	September 12, 2034
137	139	141	143	145
July 2, 2038	April 20, 2042	February 5, 2046	November 25, 2049	September 12, 2053
147	149	151	153	155
July 1, 2057	April 20, 2061	February 5, 2065	November 24, 2068	September 12, 2072
157
July 1, 2076

Notes

↑ The partial solar eclipses of January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occurred in the previous semester series.

References

↑ 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.

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[2] The partial solar eclipses of January 4, 2011 and July 1, 2011 occurred in the previous semester series.

[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.