| 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 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.
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 | April 30, 1957 Annular (non-central) |
0.9992 | 123 | October 23, 1957 Total (non-central) |
1.0022 | |
| 128 | April 19, 1958 Annular |
0.275 | 133 | October 12, 1958 Total |
−0.2951 | |
| 138 | April 8, 1959 Annular |
−0.4546 | 143 | October 2, 1959 Total |
0.4207 | |
| 148 | March 27, 1960 Partial |
−1.1537 | 153 | September 20, 1960 Partial |
1.2057 | |
This 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: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
| 22 eclipse events between March 27, 1884 and August 20, 1971 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 27–29 | January 14 | November 1–2 | August 20–21 | June 8 |
| 108 | 110 | 112 | 114 | 116 |
 March 27, 1884 |
 August 20, 1895 |
 June 8, 1899 | ||
| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
 March 29, 1903 |
 January 14, 1907 |
 November 2, 1910 |
 August 21, 1914 |
 June 8, 1918 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
 March 28, 1922 |
 January 14, 1926 |
 November 1, 1929 |
 August 21, 1933 |
June 8, 1937 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
 March 27, 1941 |
 January 14, 1945 |
 November 1, 1948 |
 August 20, 1952 |
 June 8, 1956 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | |
March 27, 1960 |
 January 14, 1964 |
 November 2, 1967 |
 August 20, 1971 | |
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