Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011

Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011
Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011
	Hinode/XRT footage of the eclipse
	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 25 November, 2011.^[1]^[2] 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 at sunset with less than 20% of the Sun obscured. Parts of the western Antarctic Peninsula experienced nearly 90% obscuration of the Sun, while South Africa and Tasmania experienced a very small partial eclipse. The eclipse belonged to Saros 123 and was number 53 of 70 eclipses in the series.

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

Eclipses of 2011

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.^[3]^{[Note 1]}

Solar eclipse series sets from 2011 to 2014
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
Descending node			Ascending node
118 Partial from Tromsø, Norway	2011 June 01 Partial (north)	1.21300	123 Hinode XRT footage	2011 November 25 Partial (south)	−1.05359
128 Middlegate, Nevada	2012 May 20 Annular	0.48279	133 Cairns, Australia	2012 November 13 Total	−0.37189
138 Churchills Head, Australia	2013 May 10 Annular	−0.26937	143 Libreville, Gabon	2013 November 03 Hybrid	0.32715
148 Partial from Adelaide, Australia	2014 April 29 Annular (non-central)	−0.99996	153 Partial from Minneapolis	2014 October 23 Partial (north)	1.09078

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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north 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	159	161	163	165
July 1, 2076