Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.1908
Magnitude0.6393
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates72°12′S 76°48′W / 72.2°S 76.8°W / -72.2; -76.8
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse23:37:07
References
Saros148 (17 of 75)
Catalog # (SE5000)9379

A partial solar eclipse occurred on Monday, March 16, 1942. 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.

Solar eclipses 1939–1942

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1939–1942
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMap SarosMap
118April 19, 1939

Annular
123October 12, 1939

Total
128April 7, 1940

Annular
133October 1, 1940

Total
138March 27, 1941

Annular
143September 21, 1941

Total
148March 16, 1942

Partial
153September 10, 1942

Partial
The partial solar eclipse on August 12, 1942 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

References

  1. van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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