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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica and Australia.
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 27, 1960 Solar Eclipse Times 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
+March 27, 1960 Solar Eclipse Parameters 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
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 1960 March 13Ascending node (full moon) March 27Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 122 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 148
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1960 A total lunar eclipse on March 13. A partial solar eclipse on March 27. A total lunar eclipse on September 5. A partial solar eclipse on September 20.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 8, 1956 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 1951 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 2, 1969
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971
Solar Saros 148 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1978
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 26, 1873 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2047
Solar eclipses of 1957–1960
Saros 148
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot1951/SE1960Mar27P.GIF