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
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.1537
Magnitude0.7058
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates72.1°S 151.9°E / -72.1; 151.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse7:25:07
References
Saros148 (18 of 75)
Catalog # (SE5000)9420

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
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMap SarosMap
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

  1. 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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