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 |
| 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.
Related eclipses
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.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 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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