| Partial eclipse | |
 Map | |
| Gamma | −1.1537 |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 0.7058 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 72°06′S151°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 partialsolar eclipse occurred at the Moon'sdescending node of orbit on Sunday, March 27, 1960,[1] with amagnitude of 0.7058. Asolar eclipse occurs when theMoon passes betweenEarth and theSun, 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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts ofAntarctica andAustralia.
Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[2]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1960 March 27 at 05:28:45.5 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1960 March 27 at 06:43:57.7 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1960 March 27 at 07:25:07.4 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1960 March 27 at 07:37:51.6 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1960 March 27 at 09:21:54.0 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.70578 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.62365 |
| Gamma | −1.15375 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 00h24m22.7s |
| Sun Declination | +02°38'08.8" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'01.4" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 00h25m42.2s |
| Moon Declination | +01°35'48.1" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'29.5" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°56'51.5" |
| ΔT | 33.3 s |
This eclipse is part of aneclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by afortnight.
| March 13 Ascending node (full moon) | March 27 Descending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
 | |
| Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 122 | Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 148 |
This eclipse is a member of asemester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternatingnodes of the Moon's orbit.[3]
| 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 ofSaros 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 onApril 29, 2014 andMay 9, 2032; a hybrid eclipse onMay 20, 2050; and total eclipses fromMay 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 oneexeligmos 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) onMay 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’sdescending node of orbit.[4]
| 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 | ||
Themetonic 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 | |
This eclipse is a part of atritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with theanomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
The partial solar eclipses on November 16, 2134 (part of Saros 164) and October 16, 2145 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.
| Series members between 1801 and 2069 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 June 6, 1807 (Saros 134) |  May 5, 1818 (Saros 135) |  April 3, 1829 (Saros 136) |  March 4, 1840 (Saros 137) |  February 1, 1851 (Saros 138) |
 December 31, 1861 (Saros 139) |  November 30, 1872 (Saros 140) |  October 30, 1883 (Saros 141) |  September 29, 1894 (Saros 142) |  August 30, 1905 (Saros 143) |
 July 30, 1916 (Saros 144) |  June 29, 1927 (Saros 145) |  May 29, 1938 (Saros 146) |  April 28, 1949 (Saros 147) | March 27, 1960 (Saros 148) |
 February 25, 1971 (Saros 149) |  January 25, 1982 (Saros 150) |  December 24, 1992 (Saros 151) |  November 23, 2003 (Saros 152) |  October 23, 2014 (Saros 153) |
 September 21, 2025 (Saros 154) |  August 21, 2036 (Saros 155) |  July 22, 2047 (Saros 156) |  June 21, 2058 (Saros 157) |  May 20, 2069 (Saros 158) |
This eclipse is a part of the long periodinex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with theanomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
 July 6, 1815 (Saros 143) |  June 16, 1844 (Saros 144) |  May 26, 1873 (Saros 145) |
 May 7, 1902 (Saros 146) |  April 18, 1931 (Saros 147) | March 27, 1960 (Saros 148) |
 March 7, 1989 (Saros 149) |  February 15, 2018 (Saros 150) |  January 26, 2047 (Saros 151) |
 January 6, 2076 (Saros 152) |  December 17, 2104 (Saros 153) |  November 26, 2133 (Saros 154) |
 November 7, 2162 (Saros 155) |  October 18, 2191 (Saros 156) | |
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