A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, March 27, 1960, with a magnitude of 0.7058. 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. This eclipse was observable from parts of the Antarctic Ocean and Indian Ocean.
Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960 | |
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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 |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 7:25:07 |
References | |
Saros | 148 (18 of 75) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9420 |
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 1960
edit- A total lunar eclipse on March 13, 1960.
- A partial solar eclipse on March 27, 1960.
- A total lunar eclipse on September 5, 1960.
- A partial solar eclipse on September 20, 1960.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 8, 1956
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 1951
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 2, 1969
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971
Solar Saros 148
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1978
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 26, 1873
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2047
Solar eclipses of 1957–1960
editThis 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 to 1960 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
118 | 1957 April 30 Annular (non-central) |
0.99918 | 123 | 1957 October 23 Total (non-central) |
-1.00218 | |
128 | 1958 April 19 Annular |
0.27499 | 133 | 1958 October 12 Total |
-0.29506 | |
138 | 1959 April 08 Annular |
-0.45463 | 143 | 1959 October 02 Total |
0.42075 | |
148 | 1960 March 27 Partial |
-1.15375 | 153 | 1960 September 20 Partial |
1.20565 |
Saros 148
editThis eclipse is a part of Saros series 148, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 75 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on September 21, 1653. It contains annular eclipses on April 29, 2014 and May 9, 2032; a hybrid eclipse on May 20, 2050; and total eclipses from May 31, 2068 through August 3, 2771. The series ends at member 75 as a partial eclipse on December 12, 2987. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 22 at 22 seconds (by default) on May 9, 2032, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 54 at 5 minutes, 23 seconds on April 26, 2609. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 10–31 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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10 | 11 | 12 |
December 30, 1815 |
January 9, 1834 |
January 21, 1852 |
13 | 14 | 15 |
January 31, 1870 |
February 11, 1888 |
February 23, 1906 |
16 | 17 | 18 |
March 5, 1924 |
March 16, 1942 |
March 27, 1960 |
19 | 20 | 21 |
April 7, 1978 |
April 17, 1996 |
April 29, 2014 |
22 | 23 | 24 |
May 9, 2032 |
May 20, 2050 |
May 31, 2068 |
25 | 26 | 27 |
June 11, 2086 |
June 22, 2104 |
July 4, 2122 |
28 | 29 | 30 |
July 14, 2140 |
July 25, 2158 |
August 4, 2176 |
31 | ||
August 16, 2194 |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 148". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.