Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015
From the Solar Dynamics Observatory
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	−1.1004
Magnitude	0.7875
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	72°06′S 2°18′W / 72.1°S 2.3°W / -72.1; -2.3
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	6:55:19
References
Saros	125 (54 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9542

A partial solar eclipse occurred on September 13, 2015.^[1][2][3] 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.

Images

Animated path

View from center of sun

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 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.

Solar eclipses ascending node 2015-2018

• Saros 125: Partial Solar Eclipse September 13, 2015
• Saros 135: Annular Solar Eclipse September 1, 2016
• Saros 145: Total Solar Eclipse August 21, 2017
• Saros 155: Partial Solar Eclipse August 11, 2018

Solar eclipses 2015–2018

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.^[4]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2015–2018

Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Map	Gamma		Saros	Map	Gamma
120 Longyearbyen, Svalbard	2015 March 20 Total	0.94536		125 Solar Dynamics Observatory	2015 September 13 Partial (south)	−1.10039
130 Balikpapan, Indonesia	2016 March 9 Total	0.26092		135 L'Étang-Salé, Réunion	2016 September 1 Annular	−0.33301
140 Partial from Buenos Aires	2017 February 26 Annular	−0.45780		145 Casper, Wyoming	2017 August 21 Total	0.43671
150 Partial from Olivos, Buenos Aires	2018 February 15 Partial (south)	−1.21163		155 Partial from Huittinen, Finland	2018 August 11 Partial (north)	1.14758

Partial solar eclipses on July 13, 2018, and January 6, 2019, occur during the next semester series.

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076
July 1–2	April 19–20	February 5–7	November 24–25	September 12–13
117	119	121	123	125
July 1, 2000	April 19, 2004	February 7, 2008	November 25, 2011	September 13, 2015
127	129	131	133	135
July 2, 2019	April 20, 2023	February 6, 2027	November 25, 2030	September 12, 2034
137	139	141	143	145
July 2, 2038	April 20, 2042	February 5, 2046	November 25, 2049	September 12, 2053
147	149	151	153	155
July 1, 2057	April 20, 2061	February 5, 2065	November 24, 2068	September 12, 2072
157	159	161	163	165
July 1, 2076