A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Tuesday, September 11, 2007, with a magnitude of 0.7507. 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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of central and southern South America, the Antarctic Peninsula, and east Antarctica.
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Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of September 11, 2007(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Rio Branco 05:31:10 06:02:10 06:35:01 1:07 4.32% Lima 06:05:26 (sunrise) 06:09:57 06:40:50 0:35 6.56% La Paz 06:31:18 (sunrise) 07:11:12 08:00:34 1:29 14.70% Cochabamba 06:25:42 07:12:57 08:04:37 1:41 16.09% Sucre 06:25:50 07:15:48 08:10:36 1:45 18.85% Brasília 07:36:00 08:19:06 09:05:28 1:29 7.44% Salvador 08:06:04 08:21:17 08:36:52 0:31 0.23% Salta 07:28:49 08:25:35 09:28:27 2:00 28.94% Asunción 06:31:20 07:30:24 08:35:49 2:04 26.98% Ciudad del Este 06:33:11 07:32:52 08:38:49 2:06 25.70% São Paulo 07:38:43 08:35:18 09:37:05 1:58 17.25% Rio de Janeiro 07:43:06 08:37:18 09:35:59 1:53 13.61% Córdoba 07:35:58 08:38:39 09:48:15 2:12 39.26% Mendoza 07:40:09 (sunrise) 08:39:24 09:48:18 2:08 42.81% Santiago 06:47:35 (sunrise) 07:39:46 08:48:18 2:01 43.99% Rivera 07:38:43 08:43:07 09:54:24 2:16 34.18% Criciúma 07:40:40 08:43:36 09:52:46 2:12 26.57% Rosario 07:39:05 08:43:47 09:55:34 2:16 39.98% Tacuarembó 07:39:34 08:44:29 09:56:21 2:17 35.60% Porto Alegre 07:40:40 08:44:49 09:55:30 2:15 29.91% Buenos Aires 07:42:28 08:48:45 10:02:07 2:20 40.93% Montevideo 07:44:06 08:51:02 10:04:57 2:21 39.92% Neuquén 07:46:19 08:51:53 10:04:22 2:18 50.70% Mar del Plata 07:48:20 08:56:33 10:11:45 2:23 44.52% Punta Arenas 07:12:00 08:20:18 09:34:03 2:22 62.92% Stanley 08:13:56 09:25:21 10:42:04 2:28 55.81% Carlini Base 08:35:10 09:45:35 10:59:29 2:24 58.75% King Edward Point 09:38:16 10:49:55 12:04:06 2:26 38.41% Marambio Base 08:40:16 09:50:28 11:03:42 2:23 57.56% Orcadas Base 08:41:19 09:52:58 11:07:16 2:26 49.27%References:
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Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+September 11, 2007 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2007 September 11 at 10:26:47.9 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2007 September 11 at 12:32:24.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2007 September 11 at 12:45:19.4 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2007 September 11 at 13:43:46.3 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2007 September 11 at 14:37:37.6 UTC
+September 11, 2007 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.75070 Eclipse Obscuration 0.67189 Gamma −1.12552 Sun Right Ascension 11h17m20.8s Sun Declination +04°35'13.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'53.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 11h15m21.9s Moon Declination +03°40'57.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'00.5" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'05.0" ΔT 65.3 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of August–September 2007 August 28Ascending node (full moon) September 11Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 128 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 154
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2007 A total lunar eclipse on March 3. A partial solar eclipse on March 19. A total lunar eclipse on August 28. A partial solar eclipse on September 11.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2011
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 31, 2000 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 6, 1998 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 16, 2016
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018
Solar Saros 154 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 31, 1989 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 2025
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2036
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 10, 1920 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 12, 2094
Solar eclipses of 2004–2007
Saros 154
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
NASA graphics NASA map
External links Partial Solar Eclipse, September 11, 2007 from Buenos Aires, Argentina by Jay Pasachoff