A partial solar eclipse occurred on September 13, 2015. 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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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.