A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, March 19, 2007, with a magnitude of 0.8756. 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 partial eclipse was visible from India at sunrise, across Asia and the eastern part of European Russia, and ending near sunset over northern Alaska. The greatest eclipse was seen in the north of Perm Krai, Russia.
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Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007(local times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Bangkok 07:47:36 08:21:23 08:56:56 1:09 7.36% Yangon 07:12:53 07:53:59 08:37:47 1:25 15.37% Kolkata 06:11:50 06:59:53 07:51:37 1:40 31.33% Dhaka 06:43:19 07:32:31 08:25:32 1:42 32.40% New Delhi 06:27:03 (sunrise) 07:06:44 08:00:56 1:34 47.83% Hanoi 07:53:36 08:37:07 09:23:19 1:30 14.60% Kathmandu 06:30:45 07:22:13 08:17:47 1:47 43.06% Thimphu 06:46:32 07:38:29 08:34:34 1:48 40.07% Islamabad 06:13:49 (sunrise) 06:44:29 07:40:10 1:26 58.30% Kabul 05:59:24 (sunrise) 06:15:33 07:10:25 1:11 60.18% Hong Kong 09:08:46 09:46:43 10:26:25 1:18 7.70% Dushanbe 06:31:05 (sunrise) 06:52:14 07:48:29 1:17 66.92% Türkmenabat 06:51:54 (sunrise) 06:54:40 07:47:54 0:56 67.62% Tashkent 06:29:10 (sunrise) 06:56:58 07:54:09 1:25 70.82% Bishkek 07:07:59 (sunrise) 08:00:38 08:59:39 1:52 71.67% Almaty 07:06:09 08:01:54 09:01:38 1:55 71.34% Ürümqi 09:09:00 10:07:14 11:09:33 2:01 66.12% Mashhad 05:37:40 (sunrise) 05:40:20 06:11:35 0:34 40.05% Shanghai 09:29:29 10:12:11 10:56:25 1:27 9.88% Astana 07:20:48 (sunrise) 08:15:02 09:14:18 1:54 80.18% Ashgabat 07:12:35 (sunrise) 07:15:19 07:44:35 0:32 37.68% Khovd 08:17:46 09:17:21 10:20:39 2:03 66.93% Omsk 07:25:59 08:22:40 09:22:30 1:57 81.53% Beijing 09:27:28 10:23:10 11:21:16 1:54 28.33% Yekaterinburg 07:04:08 (sunrise) 07:24:04 08:21:11 1:17 84.50% Ulaanbaatar 09:27:54 10:28:29 11:32:01 2:04 50.76% Seoul 10:47:30 11:31:12 12:15:55 1:28 10.21% Pyongyang 10:45:09 11:32:22 12:20:49 1:36 13.62% Izhevsk 06:33:40 (sunrise) 06:37:35 07:19:37 0:46 66.58% Samara 06:45:58 (sunrise) 06:49:33 07:12:22 0:26 29.39%References:
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Eclipse details 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.
+March 19, 2007 solar eclipse times Event Time (UTC) First penumbral external contact 2007 March 19 at 00:39:26.5 UTC Greatest eclipse 2007 March 19 at 02:32:57.5 UTC Ecliptic conjunction 2007 March 19 at 02:43:39.1 UTC Equatorial conjunction 2007 March 19 at 03:34:11.6 UTC Last penumbral external contact 2007 March 19 at 04:26:02.2 UTC
+March 19, 2007 solar eclipse parameters Parameter Value Eclipse magnitude 0.87558 Eclipse obscuration 0.85148 Gamma 1.07277 Sun right ascension 23h53m04.0s Sun declination -00°45'04.8" Sun semi-diameter 16'04.0" Sun equatorial horizontal parallax 08.8" Moon right ascension 23h50m57.2s Moon declination +00°12'14.7" Moon semi-diameter 16'40.7" Moon equatorial horizontal parallax 1°01'12.5" ΔT 65.2 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse 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 a fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of March 2007 March 3Descending node (full moon) March 19Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 123 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 149
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2007 A total lunar eclipse on March 3 A partial solar eclipse on March 19 A total lunar eclipse on August 28 A partial solar eclipse on September 11
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2003 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 29, 2014
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1998 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 2016
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 17, 1996 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 2018
Solar Saros 149 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1978 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2036
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 18, 1920 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2094
Solar eclipses of 2004–2007
Saros 149
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
NASA graphics NASA map Besselian Elements – Partial Solar Eclipse of 2007 March 19
Photos: Spaceweather.com eclipse gallery
Solar Eclipse – 19th March 2007 Deepu George V Mananthavady, Wayanad, Kerala, India