Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968
| Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | -1.037 |
| Magnitude | 0.899 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 61°00′S 79°48′W / 61°S 79.8°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 23:00:30 |
| References | |
| Saros | 119 (63 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9438 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on March 28, 1968. 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.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1968-1971
Each member 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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
| 119 | March 28, 1968 Partial |
124 |  September 22, 1968 Total | |||
| 129 |  March 18, 1969 Annular |
134 |  September 11, 1969 Annular | |||
| 139 |  March 7, 1970 Total |
144 |  August 31, 1970 Annular | |||
| 149 |  February 25, 1971 Partial |
154 |  August 20, 1971 Partial | |||
| A partial solar eclipse of July 22, 1971 occurs in the next lunar year set. | ||||||
Metonic series
The metonic 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).
20 eclipse events between June 10, 1964 and August 21, 2036.
| June 10–11 | March 27–29 | January 15–16 | November 3 | August 21–22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
 June 10, 1964 |
March 28, 1968 |
 January 16, 1972 |
 November 3, 1975 |
 August 22, 1979 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
 June 11, 1983 |
 March 29, 1987 |
 January 15, 1991 |
 November 3, 1994 |
 August 22, 1998 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
 June 10, 2002 |
 March 29, 2006 |
 January 15, 2010 |
 November 3, 2013 |
 August 21, 2017 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
 June 10, 2021 |
 March 29, 2025 |
 January 14, 2029 |
 November 3, 2032 |
 August 21, 2036 |
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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