A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, March 19, 2072, with a magnitude of 0.7199. 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.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of Antarctica and southern South America.
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, 2072 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2072 March 19 at 18:04:52.6 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2072 March 19 at 19:27:34.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2072 March 19 at 20:10:31.1 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2072 March 19 at 20:23:39.2 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2072 March 19 at 22:16:25.5 UTC
+March 19, 2072 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.71994 Eclipse Obscuration 0.63063 Gamma −1.14049 Sun Right Ascension 00h00m16.3s Sun Declination +00°01'46.1" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'03.7" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 00h01m32.5s Moon Declination -00°57'26.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'53.9" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'40.7" ΔT 99.2 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 2072 March 4Ascending node (full moon) March 19Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 124 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 150
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2072 A total lunar eclipse on March 4. A partial solar eclipse on March 19. A total lunar eclipse on August 28. A total solar eclipse on September 12.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2068 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 6, 2076
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2065 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 1, 2079
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2063 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2081
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2061 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 2083
Solar Saros 150 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2054 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 31, 2090
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 2043 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2101
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 19, 2159
Solar eclipses of 2069–2072
Saros 150
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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