Solar eclipse in 2011 observed on January 4. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth’s view of the Sun. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the moon’s shadow misses the earth. Checkout here for more details related to Solar eclipse in 2011. The first solar eclipse of 2011 will occur on Tuesday (January 4, 2011). The partial solar eclipse will only be visible in of Europe, North Africa and central Asia, according to NASA.
The partial eclipse will be visible near sunrise over most of Europe and northeastern Asia. It will end at sunset over Western Asia. It will be visible as a minor partial eclipse over Northern Africa and the Arabian peninsula.
Greatest eclipse occurs at 08:50 UT in northern Sweden where the eclipse in the horizon will have a magnitude of 0.858. At that time, the axis of the Moon’s shadow will pass a mere 510 km above Earth’s surface.
Malaysians will not be able to see it. The penumbral shadow first touches Earth’s surface in northern Algeria at 2.40pm Tuesday. As the shadow travels east, Western Europe will be treated to a partial eclipse at sunrise.
A sunset eclipse will be visible from central Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and northwest China. Tuesday’s eclipse is the first of four solar eclipses set for 2011. The next eclipse will happen on June 1 and will be visible in the eastern region of Asia, northern region of North America and some islands of the North Atlantic.
On July 1 another eclipse will occur and it will be over the Indian Ocean and the small islands in this ocean.
On Nov 25, 2011, another eclipse will occur and will be visible from the southern regions of Africa and Australia and whole of Antarctica.
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