Solar eclipse of July 1, 2011
With the eclipse of 1 July 2011, there was a very "small" partial eclipse. The earth was slipped over the sea between the Antarctic continent and Africa from the penumbra of the moon only. In South Africa itself, there was no sign of this mini solar eclipse in which at most only about 3% of the solar disk were covered.
This eclipse was the latest in a series of semester cycle, which included as the penultimate solar eclipse of January 4, 2011. With the eclipse of June 1, 2011, a next series of Semesterzykus has already begun.
(: The Saros cycle 156 short) started with the eclipse of 1 July 2011, the series has 156 number of so-called readout cycle Saros. Saros 156 will comprise a total of 69 eclipses. His seven eclipses are indeed also be partially, but the coverage will continue to increase until finally the umbra of the Moon hits Earth. The ninth eclipse on September 26, 2155 will then be the first of a total of 52 annular solar eclipse of Saros 156. At the end will follow until 14 July 3237 again nine partial solar eclipses.
The distance to the previous eclipse of June 1 was the shortest distance between two solar or lunar eclipses. Eclipses in direct consequence of two new moons are the " ideal setting " for a lunar eclipse totality high. Such was 100 Minutes totality during the full moon between the two solar eclipses take place, so on 15 June 2011. In Central Europe, the moon was already darkened to that totality was not in full time observable.