A partial

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six month ...

occurred on September 13, 2015. A

occurs when the

Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

passes between

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...

and the

Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radi ...

, 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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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

Metonic series

References

NASA: Besselian Elements - Partial Solar Eclipse of 2015 September 13

External links

* http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2015Sep13P.GIF 2015 9 13 2015 in science 2015 9 13 September 2015 events {{Solar-eclipse-stub