Solar eclipse of September 11, 2007
Solar eclipse of September 11, 2007 | |
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Course of the penumbra on the earth's surface |
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classification | |
Type | Partially |
area | South America , Antarctica |
Saros cycle | 154 (6 of 71) |
Gamma value | −1.1256 |
Greatest eclipse | |
place | Southern Ocean , west of the Antarctic Peninsula |
location | 61 ° 0 ′ S , 90 ° 12 ′ W |
time | September 11, 2007 12:31:21 UT |
size | 0.7492 |
The partial solar eclipse of September 11, 2007 was the second of two partial solar eclipses in 2007. It occurred after a descending lunar node and was observed in central and southern South America , as well as in West Antarctica . Relatively high degrees of coverage were achieved in Argentina and Chile . Up until close to the equator and in Brazil , only a small, upper part of the solar disk covered by the moon could be observed.