Solar eclipse of September 11, 2007
Solar eclipse of September 11, 2007 | |
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![]() From Córdoba, Argentina | |
![]() Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | -1.1255 |
Magnitude | 0.7507 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 61°00′S 90°12′W / 61°S 90.2°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 12:32:24 |
References | |
Saros | 154 (6 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9524 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on September 11, 2007. 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.
Eclipse Season[]
This is the second eclipse this season.
First eclipse this season: 28 August 2007 Total Lunar Eclipse
Images[]
Gallery[]
Niterói, Brazil, 11:21 UTC
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 11:40 UTC
Composition from Campinas, Brazil
Related eclipses[]
Eclipses of 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.
Solar eclipses 2004–2007[]
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.[1]
Solar eclipse series sets from 2004–2007 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
119 | 2004 April 19![]() Partial (south) |
-1.13345 | 124 | 2004 October 14![]() Partial (north) |
1.03481 | |
129![]() Partial from Naiguatá |
2005 April 08![]() Hybrid |
-0.34733 | 134![]() Annular from Madrid, Spain |
2005 October 03![]() Annular |
0.33058 | |
139![]() Total from Side, Turkey |
2006 March 29![]() Total |
0.38433 | 144![]() Partial from São Paulo, Brazil |
2006 September 22![]() Annular |
-0.40624 | |
149![]() From Jaipur, India |
2007 March 19![]() Partial (north) |
1.07277 | 154![]() From Córdoba, Argentina |
2007 September 11![]() Partial (south) |
-1.12552 |
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 descending node.
22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011. | ||||
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September 11-12 | June 30-July 1 | April 17-19 | February 4-5 | November 22-23 |
114 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 |
![]() September 12, 1931 |
![]() June 30, 1935 |
![]() April 19, 1939 |
![]() February 4, 1943 |
![]() November 23, 1946 |
124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
![]() September 12, 1950 |
![]() June 30, 1954 |
![]() April 19, 1958 |
![]() February 5, 1962 |
![]() November 23, 1965 |
134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
![]() September 11, 1969 |
![]() June 30, 1973 |
![]() April 18, 1977 |
![]() February 4, 1981 |
![]() November 22, 1984 |
144 | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 |
![]() September 11, 1988 |
![]() June 30, 1992 |
![]() April 17, 1996 |
![]() February 5, 2000 |
![]() November 23, 2003 |
154 | 156 | |||
![]() September 11, 2007 |
![]() July 1, 2011 |
References[]
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
External links[]
- Partial Solar Eclipse, September 11, 2007 from Buenos Aires, Argentina by Jay Pasachoff
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