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Four
solar, two lunar eclipses in 2011
Monday January 03, 2011 01:06:08 PM ,
RIA Novosti
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Moscow: Four solar and two total moon eclipses will be observed in
different parts of the world, including in India, in 2011.
The first solar eclipse will take place Jan 4. It will begin at
06:40 GMT and will be visible from Europe, the Middle East and
Northern Africa.
At maximum eclipse in northern Europe, the moon will cover 86
percent of the Sun's diameter.
The next solar eclipse will occur June 1. People on the Russian
Kolguyev island in the Barents Sea will have a chance to observe
the Moon covering 60 percent of the Sun's diameter.
The eclipse will also be visible from the eastern Arctic, northern
Canada, the Kamchatka peninsula and other regions of Russia's Far
East.
On June 15, a total moon eclipse will take place, which will be
visible from India, the Middle East, Africa and southern Europe.
Soon after it, another solar eclipse will occur, but this time the
moon will cast its shadow on less then 0.1 percent of the sun.
On Nov 25, the moon will cover a total of 90.4 percent of the
sun's diameter, but the eclipse will be visible only from
Antarctica and its surrounding seas.
People of the entire Eurasia region, as well as of Australia and
the northwestern part of North America will have a chance to
observe the second and the last total moon eclipse Dec 10 this
year.
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