Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015

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Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015
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From the Solar Dynamics Observatory
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Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma −1.1004
Magnitude 0.7875
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 72°06′S2°18′W / 72.1°S 2.3°W / -72.1; -2.3
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse6:55:19
References
Saros 125 (54 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9542

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.

Contents

Images

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Animated path
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View from center of sun

Eclipses of 2015

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 125

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2015–2018

This 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]

The partial solar eclipse on July 13, 2018 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2015 to 2018
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
120
Total solar eclipse of March 20, 2015 by Damien Deltenre (licensed for free use). (32844461616).jpg
Totality in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
March 20, 2015
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Total
0.94536125
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Solar Dynamics Observatory

September 13, 2015
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Partial
−1.10039
130
Total Solar Eclipse, 9 March 2016, from Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.JPG
Balikpapan, Indonesia
March 9, 2016
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Total
0.26092135
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Annularity in L'Étang-Salé, Réunion
September 1, 2016
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Annular
−0.33301
140
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Partial from Buenos Aires, Argentina
February 26, 2017
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Annular
−0.45780145
2017 Total Solar Eclipse (NHQ201708210100) - square crop.jpg
Totality in Madras, OR, USA
August 21, 2017
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Total
0.43671
150
Eclipse Solar Parcial - 15.02.2018 - Olivos, GBA (Argentina).jpg
Partial in Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
February 15, 2018
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Partial
−1.21163155
2018.08.11 1214Z C8F6 Solar Eclipse (43976490201).jpg
Partial in Huittinen, Finland
August 11, 2018
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Partial
1.14758

Saros 125

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 125, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and 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. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 14 at 1 minutes, 11 seconds on June 25, 1294, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 48 at 7 minutes, 23 seconds on July 10, 1907. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [5]

Series members 43–64 occur between 1801 and 2200:
434445
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May 16, 1817
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May 27, 1835
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June 6, 1853
464748
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June 18, 1871
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June 28, 1889
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July 10, 1907
495051
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July 20, 1925
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August 1, 1943
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August 11, 1961
525354
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August 22, 1979
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September 2, 1997
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September 13, 2015
555657
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September 23, 2033
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October 4, 2051
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October 15, 2069
585960
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October 26, 2087
Saros125 59van73 SE2105Nov06P.jpg
November 6, 2105
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November 18, 2123
616263
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November 28, 2141
Saros125 62van73 SE2159Dec09P.jpg
December 9, 2159
Saros125 63van73 SE2177Dec20P.jpg
December 20, 2177
64
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December 31, 2195

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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

21 eclipse events between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076
July 1–2April 19–20February 5–7November 24–25September 12–13
117119121123125
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July 1, 2000
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April 19, 2004
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February 7, 2008
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November 25, 2011
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September 13, 2015
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July 2, 2019
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April 20, 2023
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February 6, 2027
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November 25, 2030
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September 12, 2034
137139141143145
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July 2, 2038
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April 20, 2042
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February 5, 2046
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November 25, 2049
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September 12, 2053
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July 1, 2057
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April 20, 2061
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February 5, 2065
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November 24, 2068
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September 12, 2072
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July 1, 2076

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