Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015
From the Solar Dynamics Observatory
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.1004
Magnitude0.7875
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates72°06′S 2°18′W / 72.1°S 2.3°W / -72.1; -2.3
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse6:55:19
References
Saros125 (54 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)9542

A partial solar eclipse occurred on September 13, 2015.[1][2][3] 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
View from center of sun

Eclipses of 2015

Solar eclipses ascending node 2015-2018

Solar eclipses 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]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2015–2018
Descending node   Ascending node
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.

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, progressing from south to north 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
157 159 161 163 165

July 1, 2076

References

  1. ↑ Orwig, Jessica. "A NASA video shows what a total lunar eclipse looks like from the moon, and it's mind-blowing". Business Insider.
  2. ↑ European Space Agency. "Image: Proba-2 captures partial solar eclipse". phys.org.
  3. ↑ Wall, Mike (September 12, 2015). "Watch Sunday's Partial Solar Eclipse Live in Slooh Webcast". Space.com.
  4. ↑ 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.
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