Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960
A partial solar eclipse observable from parts of Antarctic Ocean and Indian Ocean occurred on March 27, 1960. 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 March 27, 1960 | |
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Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | -1.1537 |
Magnitude | 0.7058 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 72.1°S 151.9°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 7:25:07 |
References | |
Saros | 148 (18 of 75) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9420 |
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1957–1960
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 1957–1960 | ||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||
Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
118 | 1957 April 30 Annular (non-central) |
123 | 1957 October 23 Total (non-central) | |
128 | 1958 April 19 Annular |
133 | 1958 October 12 Total | |
138 | 1959 April 8 Annular |
143 | 1959 October 2 Total | |
148 | 1960 March 27 Partial |
153 | 1960 September 20 Partial |
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.
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