Solar eclipse of June 21, 2001

Solar eclipse of June 21, 2001
classification
Type	Total
area	Eastern South America , Africa Total: South Atlantic , Southern Africa , Madagascar
Saros cycle	127 (57 of 82)
Gamma value	−0.5701
Greatest eclipse
Duration	4 minutes 57 seconds
place	South Atlantic west of Angola
location	11 ° 15 ′  S , 2 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 11 ° 15 ′  S , 2 ° 44 ′  E
time	June 21, 2001 12:03:46   UT
size	1.0495

The total solar eclipse of June 21, 2001 was the first central solar eclipse of the third millennium and had a maximum total duration of almost five minutes. The totality zone began east of South America in the Atlantic and before the umbra hit the African continent, the maximum of the eclipse was reached. The corridor of total eclipse stretched in southern Africa across Angola , Zambia , Zimbabwe and Mozambique . Before the eclipse ended in the southern Indian Ocean , the umbra crossed Madagascar . The most popular destination for observing the darkness was Zambia, especially the capital Lusaka , which was in the totality zone.

The darkness could not be observed from Europe .

literature

• Hans-Ulrich Keller (Ed.): Kosmos Himmelsjahr 2001 . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-08120-6
• JP McEvoy: Solar Eclipse. The story of a sensational phenomenon. Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-8270-0372-5

Web links

Commons : Solar eclipse of June 21, 2001  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• solar-eclipse.de: The total solar eclipse from June 21st, 2001
• NASA: Total Solar Eclipse of 2001 June 21
• Solar Eclipses of Saros 127