Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960

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Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960
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Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.1537
Magnitude0.7058
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates72°06′S 151°54′E / 72.1°S 151.9°E / -72.1; 151.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse7:25:07
References
Saros148 (18 of 75)
Catalog # (SE5000)9420

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.

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
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Saros Map
118 SE1957Apr30A.png
1957 April 30
Annular (non-central)
123 SE1957Oct23T.png
1957 October 23
Total (non-central)
128 SE1958Apr19A.png
1958 April 19
Annular
133 SE1958Oct12T.png
1958 October 12
Total
138 SE1959Apr08A.png
1959 April 8
Annular
143 SE1959Oct02T.png
1959 October 2
Total
148 SE1960Mar27P.png
1960 March 27
Partial
153 SE1960Sep20P.png
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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