Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968

Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	-1.037
Magnitude	0.899
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	61°00′S 79°48′W / 61°S 79.8°W
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	23:00:30
References
Saros	119 (63 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9438

A partial solar eclipse occurred on March 28, 1968. 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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1968-1971

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 1968-1971
Ascending node		Descending node
Saros	Map	Saros	Map
119	March 28, 1968 Partial	124	September 22, 1968 Total
129	March 18, 1969 Annular	134	September 11, 1969 Annular
139	March 7, 1970 Total	144	August 31, 1970 Annular
149	February 25, 1971 Partial	154	August 20, 1971 Partial
A partial solar eclipse of July 22, 1971 occurs in the next lunar year set.

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).

21 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between June 10, 1964, and August 21, 2036
June 10–11	March 27–29	January 15–16	November 3	August 21–22
117	119	121	123	125
June 10, 1964	March 28, 1968	January 16, 1972	November 3, 1975	August 22, 1979
127	129	131	133	135
June 11, 1983	March 29, 1987	January 15, 1991	November 3, 1994	August 22, 1998
137	139	141	143	145
June 10, 2002	March 29, 2006	January 15, 2010	November 3, 2013	August 21, 2017
147	149	151	153	155
June 10, 2021	March 29, 2025	January 14, 2029	November 3, 2032	August 21, 2036

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.

External links

Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Google interactive map
- Besselian elements

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[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.