Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015
| Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015 | |
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 Course of the penumbra on the earth's surface |
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| Type | Partially |
| area | South Africa , East Antarctica |
| Saros cycle | 125 (54 of 73) |
| Gamma value | −1.1003 |
| Greatest eclipse | |
| place | Antarctic |
| location | 71 ° 12 ′ S , 2 ° 18 ′ W |
| time | September 13, 2015 06:54:07 UT |
| size | 0.7871 |
The solar eclipse of September 13, 2015 was a purely partial eclipse, so the earth was only hit by the moon's penumbra.
The visibility area included southern Africa , the southern Indian Ocean and East Antarctica . The best visibility conditions of all inhabited areas were to be expected in the east of the Republic of South Africa . While the eclipse began in the west of the country during sunrise , the sun in the east was already a little higher above the horizon when the new moon disk moved in front of the sun.
The eclipse was the 54th of the 73 eclipses Saros cycle with number 125. The following eclipses of the approximately 18-year cycle will also be purely partial, take place even further south and have a smaller area of visibility. The last eclipse of the cycle will take place on April 9, 2358, with the penumbral cone only touching the earth near Antarctica.
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Previous solar eclipses:
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Later solar eclipses:
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May 10, 2013 (circular) |
November 3, 2013 (hybrid) |
April 29, 2014 (circular) |
October 23, 2014 (partial) |
March 20, 2015 (total) |
September 13, 2015 (partial) |
March 9, 2016 (total) |
September 1, 2016 (circular) |
February 26, 2017 (ring-shaped) |
August 21, 2017 (total) |
February 15, 2018 (partial) |
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