A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, September 13, 2015,[1][2][3] with a magnitude of 0.7875. 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.
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°06′S 2°18′W / 72.1°S 2.3°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 6:55:19 |
References | |
Saros | 125 (54 of 73) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9542 |
Images
edit Animated path |
View from center of sun |
Related eclipses
editEclipses of 2015
edit- A total solar eclipse on March 20.
- A total lunar eclipse on April 4.
- A partial solar eclipse on September 13.
- A total lunar eclipse on September 28.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 2, 2019
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2022
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2006
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 18, 2024
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2004
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026
Solar Saros 125
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 1997
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1928
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 15, 2102
Solar eclipses of 2015–2018
editThis eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[4]
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
120 Longyearbyen, Svalbard |
2015 March 20 Total |
0.94536 | 125 Solar Dynamics Observatory |
2015 September 13 Partial (south) |
−1.10039 | |
130 Balikpapan, Indonesia |
2016 March 9 Total |
0.26092 | 135 L'Étang-Salé, Réunion |
2016 September 1 Annular |
−0.33301 | |
140 Partial from Buenos Aires |
2017 February 26 Annular |
−0.45780 | 145 Casper, Wyoming |
2017 August 21 Total |
0.43671 | |
150 Partial from Olivos, Buenos Aires |
2018 February 15 Partial (south) |
−1.21163 | 155 Partial from Huittinen, Finland |
2018 August 11 Partial (north) |
1.14758 |
Partial solar eclipses on July 13, 2018, and January 6, 2019, occur during the next semester series.
Saros 125
editIt is a part of Saros cycle 125, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on February 4, 1060. It contains total eclipses from June 13, 1276 through July 16, 1330, hybrid eclipses on July 26, 1348 and August 7, 1366, and annular eclipses from August 17, 1384 through August 22, 1979. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on April 9, 2358. The longest duration of totality was 1 minutes, 11 seconds on June 25, 1294, and the longest duration of annularity was 7 minutes, 23 seconds on July 10, 1907.
Series members 48–64 occur between 1900 and 2200: | ||
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48 | 49 | 50 |
July 10, 1907 |
July 20, 1925 |
August 1, 1943 |
51 | 52 | 53 |
August 11, 1961 |
August 22, 1979 |
September 2, 1997 |
54 | 55 | 56 |
September 13, 2015 |
September 23, 2033 |
October 4, 2051 |
57 | 58 | 59 |
October 15, 2069 |
October 26, 2087 |
November 6, 2105 |
60 | 61 | 62 |
November 18, 2123 |
November 28, 2141 |
December 9, 2159 |
63 | 64 | |
December 20, 2177 |
December 31, 2195 |
Metonic series
editThe 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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076 | ||||
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July 1–2 | April 19–20 | February 5–7 | November 24–25 | September 12–13 |
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 | 159 | 161 | 163 | 165 |
July 1, 2076 |
References
edit- ^ Orwig, Jessica. "A NASA video shows what a total lunar eclipse looks like from the moon, and it's mind-blowing". Business Insider.
- ^ European Space Agency. "Image: Proba-2 captures partial solar eclipse". phys.org.
- ^ Wall, Mike (September 12, 2015). "Watch Sunday's Partial Solar Eclipse Live in Slooh Webcast". Space.com.
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.