What the records say
- When
- 13 Sep 2015
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 72.10° S, 2.30° W
- Description
- A partial solar eclipse is visible in southern Africa, the southern Indian Ocean, and Antarctica. It is the 54th eclipse of Saros cycle 125.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015.
Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015
21st-century partial solar eclipse
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.
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