Solar eclipse of September 11, 2007

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Solar eclipse of September 11, 2007
Course of the penumbra on the earth's surface
Course of the penumbra on the earth's surface
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 Coordinates: 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.

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