A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, September 13, 2015, 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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Southern Africa and East Antarctica.
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Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of September 13, 2015(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Lusaka 07:03:51 07:19:32 07:35:45 0:32 0.34% Rundu 06:50:32 07:19:42 07:50:42 1:00 2.91% Blantyre 07:10:06 07:24:14 07:38:47 0:29 0.20% Harare 06:54:32 07:24:22 07:56:10 1:02 2.29% Swakopmund 07:00:58 (sunrise) 07:24:59 08:09:25 1:08 9.77% Windhoek 06:50:44 (sunrise) 07:25:14 08:10:34 1:20 9.71% Walvis Bay 07:01:08 (sunrise) 07:25:21 08:10:28 1:09 10.24% Beira 06:52:45 07:30:06 08:10:31 1:18 4.16% Gaborone 06:42:43 07:31:32 08:25:34 1:43 12.93% Pretoria 06:43:06 07:34:38 08:31:58 1:49 14.50% Johannesburg 06:42:58 07:35:18 08:33:35 1:51 15.32% Mbabane 06:44:19 07:37:43 08:37:17 1:53 14.94% Maputo 06:45:11 07:38:14 08:37:23 1:52 14.00% Teyateyaneng 06:43:08 07:40:04 08:43:56 2:01 20.60% Maseru 06:43:06 07:40:12 08:44:14 2:01 20.94% Mafeteng 06:43:11 07:40:55 08:45:42 2:03 21.89% Antananarivo 08:21:24 08:42:19 09:04:04 0:43 0.45% Antsirabe 08:14:18 08:43:21 09:14:01 1:00 1.28% Cape Town 06:49:00 (sunrise) 07:43:22 08:49:29 2:00 30.37% Durban 06:44:44 07:43:47 08:50:10 2:05 21.15% Gqeberha 06:45:09 07:47:13 08:57:06 2:12 29.64% Saint-Denis 09:52:06 09:58:06 10:04:09 0:12 0.01% Bouvet Island 07:58:49 (sunrise) 08:18:02 09:29:19 1:31 61.56% Marion Island 08:08:10 09:24:02 10:47:42 2:40 45.83% Île de la Possession 10:22:53 11:41:52 13:06:28 2:44 36.46% Troll 08:23:27 (sunrise) 08:54:30 10:05:38 1:42 70.98% Port-aux-Français 11:00:22 12:17:05 13:33:51 2:33 25.65% Île Amsterdam 11:33:19 12:18:04 13:02:23 1:29 3.04% Mawson Station 11:04:40 12:21:59 13:39:47 2:35 54.34% Casey Station 14:55:21 16:00:59 17:03:38 2:08 31.29%References:
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 13, 2015 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2015 September 13 at 04:42:47.9 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2015 September 13 at 06:42:23.9 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2015 September 13 at 06:55:19.2 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2015 September 13 at 07:36:27.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2015 September 13 at 09:07:32.8 UTC
+September 13, 2015 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.78750 Eclipse Obscuration 0.70966 Gamma −1.10039 Sun Right Ascension 11h23m54.6s Sun Declination +03°53'20.1" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'53.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 11h22m43.3s Moon Declination +02°56'47.8" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'43.0" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'00.6" ΔT 67.8 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 September 2015 September 13Ascending node (new moon) September 28Descending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 125 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 137
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2015 A total solar eclipse on March 20. A total lunar eclipse on April 4. A partial solar eclipse on September 13. A total lunar eclipse on September 28.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 2, 2019
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2022
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2006 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 18, 2024
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2004 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026
Solar Saros 125 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 1997 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1928 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 15, 2102
Solar eclipses of 2015–2018
Saros 125
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
NASA: Besselian Elements - Partial Solar Eclipse of 2015 September 13
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