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

Each member 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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1957–1960
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMap SarosMap
118
April 30, 1957
Annular
123
October 23, 1957
Total
128
April 19, 1958
Annular
133
October 12, 1958
Total
138
April 8, 1959
Annular
143
October 2, 1959
Total
148
March 27, 1960
Partial
153
September 20, 1960
Partial

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