Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960

20th-century partial solar eclipse
72°06′S 151°54′E / 72.1°S 151.9°E / -72.1; 151.9Times (UTC)Greatest eclipse7:25:07ReferencesSaros148 (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 to 1960
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

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.

External links

  • http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot1951/SE1960Mar27P.GIF
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