Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942
Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | −1.1908 |
Magnitude | 0.6393 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 72°12′S 76°48′W / 72.2°S 76.8°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 23:37:07 |
References | |
Saros | 148 (17 of 75) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9379 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, March 16, 1942, with a magnitude of 0.6393. 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[edit]
Eclipses in 1942[edit]
- A total lunar eclipse on March 3, 1942.
- A partial solar eclipse on March 16, 1942.
- A partial solar eclipse on August 12, 1942.
- A total lunar eclipse on August 26, 1942.
- A partial solar eclipse on September 10, 1942.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 12, 1933
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 1951
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
Solar Saros 148[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 5, 1924
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 16, 1855
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 2029
Solar eclipses of 1939–1942[edit]
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]
The partial solar eclipse on August 12, 1942 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1939 to 1942 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
118 | April 19, 1939 Annular |
0.9388 | 123 | October 12, 1939 Total |
−0.9737 | |
128 | April 7, 1940 Annular |
0.219 | 133 | October 1, 1940 Total |
−0.2573 | |
138 | March 27, 1941 Annular |
−0.5025 | 143 | September 21, 1941 Total |
0.4649 | |
148 | March 16, 1942 Partial |
−1.1908 | 153 | September 10, 1942 Partial |
1.2571 |
Saros 148[edit]
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: | ||
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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.
External links[edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC