This Solar Eclipse Moving into the Past

Partial solar eclipse soon be visited Earth on Thursday, June 2, 2011. The phenomenon that lasted for three and a half hour is very unique because it starts on Thursday, but ended on Wednesday, a day earlier.

On Thursday, some of the surface of the moon will pass in front of the sun. Because no closed perfectly, eclipse this time called a partial solar eclipse.

Astronomers named the loop eclipse using a specific numbering. The number following the iteration eclipse or commonly called as the Saros Cycle. Partial solar eclipse event this time is part of the Saros cycle 118. Eclipse in early June can be seen from Russia, Japan, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland.

First Contact eclipse occurred on Thursday, June 2, 2011, at 19:25 universal time, seen from Japan and China. The image of the moon continues to move north through Russia and reached the peak of the eclipse at 21:16 universal time. At this point the eclipse will be visible for 67.3 seconds.

The image of the moon and then move to toward the Atlantic Ocean and disappeared on Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at 23:06 of international time.

Pullback of this eclipse time not because of time reversal, but because of time differences. "The eclipse began on Thursday and ended on Wednesday due to cross the international date line," says Geoff Gaherty of Starry Night Education.

As a result, when the shadow moves from Russia to Greenland waters, the calendar changes instantly. Submitting your own International line is between the North American continent with Asia, through the Bering Strait.