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 |
| 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.
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Related eclipses
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.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2015–18 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
120 Longyearbyen, Svalbard | March 20, 2015 Total |
125 | September 13, 2015 Partial | |||
130 Balikpapan, Indonesia | March 9, 2016 Total |
135 | September 1, 2016 Annular | |||
| 140 | February 26, 2017 Annular |
145 | August 21, 2017 Total | |||
| 150 | February 15, 2018 Partial |
155 | August 11, 2018 Partial | |||
| Partial solar eclipses on July 13, 2018, and January 6, 2019, occur during the next semester series. | ||||||
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).
| 21 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between July 11, 1953 and July 11, 2029 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 10-11 | April 29-30 | February 15-16 | December 4 | September 21-23 |
| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
 July 11, 1953 |
 April 30, 1957 |
 February 15, 1961 |
 December 4, 1964 |
 September 22, 1968 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
 July 10, 1972 |
 April 29, 1976 |
 February 16, 1980 |
 December 4, 1983 |
 September 23, 1987 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
 July 11, 1991 |
 April 29, 1995 |
 February 16, 1999 |
 December 4, 2002 |
 September 22, 2006 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
 July 11, 2010 |
 April 29, 2014 |
February 15, 2018 |
 December 4, 2021 |
 September 21, 2025 |
| 156 | ||||
 July 11, 2029 | ||||
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