Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007

A partial solar eclipse occurred on March 18–19, 2007.[1][2] 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 19, 2007
From Jaipur, India at sunrise
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.0728
Magnitude0.8756
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61°N 55.5°E / 61; 55.5
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse2:32:57
References
Saros149 (20 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9523

This partial eclipse was visible from India at sunrise, across Asia and eastern part of European Russia, and ending near sunset over northern Alaska. The greatest eclipse was on north of Perm Krai, Russia. This was the second eclipse of the eclipse season, the first being the March 2007 lunar eclipse.

Visibility

Images

Eclipses of 2007

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.[3]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2004–2007
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

Saros 149

Solar saros 149, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 21, 1664. It has total eclipses from April 9, 2043, to October 2, 2331. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 28, 2926. The longest total eclipse will be on July 17, 2205, at 4 minutes and 10 seconds.[4]

Series members 15–25 occur between 1901 and 2100:
15 16 17

January 23, 1917
February 3, 1935
February 14, 1953
18 19 20

February 25, 1971
March 7, 1989
March 19, 2007
21 22 23

March 29, 2025
April 9, 2043
April 20, 2061
24 25

May 1, 2079
May 11, 2097

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 ascending node.

22 eclipse events between January 5, 1935 and August 11, 2018
January 4-5 October 23-24 August 10-12 May 30-31 March 18-19
111 113 115 117 119

January 5, 1935
August 12, 1942
May 30, 1946
March 18, 1950
121 123 125 127 129

January 5, 1954
October 23, 1957
August 11, 1961
May 30, 1965
March 18, 1969
131 133 135 137 139

January 4, 1973
October 23, 1976
August 10, 1980
May 30, 1984
March 18, 1988
141 143 145 147 149

January 4, 1992
October 24, 1995
August 11, 1999
May 31, 2003
March 19, 2007
151 153 155

January 4, 2011
October 23, 2014
August 11, 2018

References
  1. "At a glance". The Daily Reporter. 2007-03-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Southeast coast of India awakens to partial eclipse of the sun". The Toronto Star. 2007-03-20. p. 22. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 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.
  4. Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.
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