A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, February 15, 2018,[1][2][3] with a magnitude of 0.5991. 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.
Solar eclipse of February 15, 2018 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | −1.2116 |
Magnitude | 0.5991 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 71°00′S 0°36′E / 71°S 0.6°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 20:52:33 |
References | |
Saros | 150 (17 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9547 |
The eclipse took place before sunset in the Southern Cone of South America.
Images
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Time lapse images as viewed from Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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From Ramos Mejía, Argentina, 22:13 UTC
Related eclipses
editEclipses of 2018
edit- A total lunar eclipse on January 31.
- A partial solar eclipse on February 15.
- A partial solar eclipse on July 13.
- A total lunar eclipse on July 27.
- A partial solar eclipse on August 11.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 29, 2014
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2021
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 9, 2009
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 2027
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 2029
Solar Saros 150
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2036
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2047
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 17, 2104
Solar eclipses of 2015–2018
editThis 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]
The partial solar eclipse on July 13, 2018 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2015 to 2018 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
120 Totality in Longyearbyen, Svalbard |
March 20, 2015 Total |
0.94536 | 125 Solar Dynamics Observatory |
September 13, 2015 Partial |
−1.10039 | |
130 Balikpapan, Indonesia |
March 9, 2016 Total |
0.26092 | 135 Annularity in L'Étang-Salé, Réunion |
September 1, 2016 Annular |
−0.33301 | |
140 Partial from Buenos Aires, Argentina |
February 26, 2017 Annular |
−0.45780 | 145 Totality in Madras, OR, USA |
August 21, 2017 Total |
0.43671 | |
150 Partial in Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
February 15, 2018 Partial |
−1.21163 | 155 Partial in Huittinen, Finland |
August 11, 2018 Partial |
1.14758 |
Saros 150
editThis eclipse is a part of Saros series 150, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 24, 1729. It contains annular eclipses from April 22, 2126 through June 22, 2829. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 29, 2991. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 45 at 9 minutes, 58 seconds on December 19, 2522. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[5]
Series members 5–27 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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5 | 6 | 7 |
October 7, 1801 |
October 19, 1819 |
October 29, 1837 |
8 | 9 | 10 |
November 9, 1855 |
November 20, 1873 |
December 1, 1891 |
11 | 12 | 13 |
December 12, 1909 |
December 24, 1927 |
January 3, 1946 |
14 | 15 | 16 |
January 14, 1964 |
January 25, 1982 |
February 5, 2000 |
17 | 18 | 19 |
February 15, 2018 |
February 27, 2036 |
March 9, 2054 |
20 | 21 | 22 |
March 19, 2072 |
March 31, 2090 |
April 11, 2108 |
23 | 24 | 25 |
April 22, 2126 |
May 3, 2144 |
May 14, 2162 |
26 | 27 | |
May 24, 2180 |
June 4, 2198 |
Metonic series
editThe 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.
21 eclipse events between July 11, 1953 and July 11, 2029 | ||||
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July 10–11 | April 29–30 | February 15–16 | December 4 | September 21–23 |
116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
July 11, 1953 |
April 30, 1957 |
February 15, 1961 |
December 4, 1964 |
September 22, 1968 |
126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
July 10, 1972 |
April 29, 1976 |
February 16, 1980 |
December 4, 1983 |
September 23, 1987 |
136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
July 11, 1991 |
April 29, 1995 |
February 16, 1999 |
December 4, 2002 |
September 22, 2006 |
146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
July 11, 2010 |
April 29, 2014 |
February 15, 2018 |
December 4, 2021 |
September 21, 2025 |
156 | ||||
July 11, 2029 |
References
edit- ^ Rao, Joe (February 14, 2018). "Partial Solar Eclipse Occurs Thursday at the Bottom of the World". Space.com.
- ^ "Partial Solar Eclipse 2018: All You Need To Know About The Celestial Event". NDTV.com.
- ^ "This solar eclipse 2018 was seen by NASA from space!". India Today.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 150". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
External links
edit- NASA chart
- NASA animation
- Partial Solar Eclipse of 2018 February 15[dead link]
- APOD 2/20/2018