Partial Solar Eclipse of 4 January 2011

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Following on from the spectacular solstice full moon lunar eclipse last week, we are in for another treat next week, a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse will be visible over most of Europe, the Arabian peninsula, North Africa and Western Asia. Since this is a partial solar eclipse and not a full one, its dangerous to look directly into the sun, so if you are in these areas of the world, please take care!

The partial eclipse is the first of four solar events in a year that is unusual for having no total solar eclipses and for turning on four of the partial kind. The last time four partial eclipses occurred in the same year was 2000, and eight of the last 11 years had none. The second partial solar eclipse of 2011 occurs on Jun 1, and will be visible in East Asia, North America and Iceland. The third, visible to southern Indian Ocean countries, occurs exactly one month later. The last of the four falls on Nov 25, and it will be visible in South Africa, Antarctica, the state of Tasmania in Australia and in New Zealand.

What will you be doing on this day? If you’re around in Jozi, and want to get together, please reply or go to my blog and leave a reply in the comments. Let’s do something amazing together

Links

• http://judecowell.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/solar-eclipse-jan-4-2011-sun-cap-moon-cap/
• http://www.astrodispatch.com/2010/12/29/capricorn-new-moon-solar-eclipse-january-4-2011/
  For the Astrologically interested
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_January_4,_2011
• http://www.eclipse.org.uk/eclipse/0122011/
• http://astrology-classes.com/eclipse/capricorn-solar-eclipse-january-4-2011.html