| Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | -1.1004 |
| Magnitude | 0.7875 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 72.1S 2.3W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 6:55:19 |
| References | |
| Saros | 125 (54 of 73) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9542 |
A partial solar eclipse will occur on September 13, 2015. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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| 120 | March 20, 2015 Total |
125 | September 13, 2015 Partial |
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| 130 | March 9, 2016 Total |
135 | September 1, 2016 Annular |
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| 140 | February 26, 2017 Annular |
145 | August 21, 2017 Total |
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| 150 | February 15, 2018 Partial |
155 | August 11, 2018 Partial |
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| Partial solar eclipses on July 13, 2018 and January 6, 2019 occur on the next lunar year eclipse set. | ||||||
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
This series has 21 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076.
| July 1-2 | April 19-20 | February 5-7 | November 24-25 | September 12-13 |
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| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
July 1, 2000 |
April 19, 2004 |
February 7, 2008 |
November 25, 2011 |
September 13, 2015 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
July 2, 2019 |
April 20, 2023 |
February 6, 2027 |
November 25, 2030 |
September 12, 2034 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
July 2, 2038 |
April 20, 2042 |
February 5, 2046 |
November 25, 2049 |
September 12, 2053 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
July 1, 2057 |
April 20, 2061 |
February 5, 2065 |
November 24, 2068 |
September 12, 2072 |
| 157 | ||||
July 1, 2076 |
