Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015
| Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| 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 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on September 13, 2015. 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 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
 July 1, 2076 | ||||
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