A partial eclipse of the Sun occurs on Saturday 11 December, 2224 UT, with maximum eclipse at 11:09 UT. A small partial eclipse will barely darken the Sun. With just 48% of the Sun covered for viewers closest to the center, this will be of limited interest.

Maximum eclipse is at 11:09:27 UT.

During this eclipse the Sun will be 0.541° in apparent diameter, 1.5% larger than average. The Moon will be just a day past perigee, making it fairly large. At maximum eclipse it will be 0.555° in apparent diameter, which is 4.5% larger than average. This has no real effect on this eclipse, since the Moon's central shadow misses the Earth, making this a partial eclipse. The statistics page has information on the ranges of the sizes of the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed information on the Moon's key dates.

Overview Map

This map sourced from NASA Goddard Space flight Center: GSFC Eclipse Web SiteGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
shows the visibility of the partial solar eclipse. (Click on it for the full-sized version.)

Eclipse Season and Saros Series

This eclipse season contains 3 eclipses:

This is the 59th eclipse in solar Saros series 126.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, solar Saros series 126, is linked to lunar Saros series 119. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 11:09:27 on 11 Dec UT TDT Date/time (max) 11:17:51 on 11 Dec TDT
Saros Series 126 Number in Series 59
Penumbral Magnitiude Central Magnitiude 0.4834
Gamma 1.2791 Path Width (km) 0
Delta T 8m24s Error ± 5m36s (95%)
Penumbral Duration Partial Duration
Total Duration
Partial Rating Total Rating
Sun Distance 147390229 km (6.1%) Moon Distance 358710 km (4.6%)
Sun Diameter 0.541° Moon Diameter 0.555° - 0.555°
Perigee 15:38 on 10 Dec UT Apogee 01:50 on 23 Dec UT

Note that while all dates and times on this site (except where noted) are in UT, which is within a second of civil time, the dates and times shown in NASA's eclipse listingsGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
are in the TDT timescale.

The Sun and Moon distances are shown in km, and as a percentage of their minimum - maximum distances; hence 0% is the closest possible (Earth's perihelion, or the Moon's closest possible perigee) and 100% is the farthest (aphelion, the farthest apogee). The statistics page has information on the ranges of sizes of the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed information on the Moon's key dates.

Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:47 UTC.