Solar eclipse of May 11, 2097

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Solar eclipse of May 11, 2097
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classification
Type Total
area North Pacific , North America , Arctic , Scandinavia , British Isles
Total: Alaska , Svalbard , Norway , Russia
Saros cycle 149 (25 of 71)
Gamma value 0.8516
Greatest eclipse
Duration 3 minutes 10 seconds
place Alaska
location 67 ° 25 ′  N , 149 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 67 ° 25 ′  N , 149 ° 30 ′  W
time May 11, 2097 6:31:38 PM   UT
size 1.0538

Most of the total solar eclipse of May 11, 2097 takes place over the North Pacific , North America , northwestern Europe and the Arctic .

The eclipse is the last central eclipse in Europe in the 21st century.

The maximum of the eclipse is north of Fairbanks in Alaska, approx. 30 km west of the Wiseman settlement , the duration of the totality there is 3 minutes and 10 seconds.

course

The eclipse begins over the North Pacific at sunrise and the moon's shadow moves quickly in a northeastern direction and hits the mainland for the first time on the Alaska Peninsula . With Unimak Iceland , the easternmost island is Aleutian touched by the moon's shadow. In the further course Alaska will be painted over. Unfortunately, neither Anchorage nor Fairbanks are in the path of totality. The shadow then races past the Arctic Ocean between the North Pole and Greenland and reaches the Svalbard archipelago . At sunset the extreme northeast of Norway and the Kola peninsula are reached, where the darkness ends.

Places in the totality zone

country place Duration Time ( UT ) comment
USA (Alaska) False pass 1m 44s 18:04
USA (Alaska) King Salmon 3m 1s 18:13
USA (Alaska) Nenana 1m 53s 18:26
USA (Alaska) Crossing point of the central line with Dalton Highway (About 3 km north of "Finger Mountain" (MP 98), 66.3797 ° N 150.5045 ° W ) 3m 10s 18:29
Spitsbergen Longyearbyen 2m 18s 19:26
Norway Vardø 1m 43s 19:22 Sun is low
Russia Murmansk 1m 28s 19:27 Sun almost touches the horizon

Visibility in German-speaking countries

Since night begins in German-speaking countries at the time of eclipse, there is only a slight eclipse at sunset in the far north.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The duration of totality and the time of the middle of totality were determined with the interactive map of NASA ( Total Solar Eclipse of 2097 May 11, Google Maps and Solar Eclipse Paths )

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