Solar eclipse of February 15, 2018

Solar eclipse of February 15, 2018
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.2116
Magnitude 0.5991
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 71°00′S 0°36′E / 71°S 0.6°E / -71; 0.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 20:52:33
References
Saros 150 (17 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9547

A partial solar eclipse will occur on February 15, 2018. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly 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.

Images

Animated path
Path of the eclipse in Argentina

Solar eclipses 2015-2018

Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

Metonic series

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).

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