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Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015
21st-century partial solar eclipse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015 | |
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![]() From the Solar Dynamics Observatory | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | −1.1004 |
Magnitude | 0.7875 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 72.1°S 2.3°W / -72.1; -2.3 |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 6:55:19 |
References | |
Saros | 125 (54 of 73) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9542 |
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