Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960

Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.1537
Magnitude 0.7058
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 72°06′S 151°54′E / 72.1°S 151.9°E / -72.1; 151.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 7:25:07
References
Saros 148 (18 of 75)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9420

A partial solar eclipse 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 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]

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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