Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011

Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011
Course of the penumbra on the earth's surface
classification
Type	Partially
area	South Africa , Antarctica , New Zealand
Saros cycle	123 (53 of 70)
Gamma value	−1.0535
Greatest eclipse
place	Southern Ocean , west of the Antarctic Peninsula
location	68 ° 35 ′  S , 82 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 68 ° 35 ′  S , 82 ° 32 ′  W
time	November 25, 2011 6:20:16 AM   UT
size	0.9048

The solar eclipse of November 25th, 2011 was a purely partial eclipse, so the earth was only hit by the penumbra of the moon. The visibility area covered the entire Antarctic and large parts of the Southern Ocean . In South Africa only five percent of the sun's disk was covered by the moon. In New Zealand it was up to 20 percent, the solar eclipse took place there during sunset . At the South Pole , over two-thirds of the solar disk was covered, and the sun was 21 degrees above the horizon.

literature

• Hans Ulrich Keller: Kosmos Himmelsjahr 2011: Sun, moon and stars over the course of the year. ISBN 3-440-12365-0

Web links

• NASA: Partial Solar Eclipse of 2011 November 25
• Solar Eclipses of Saros 123