Solar eclipse of September 20, 1960
| Solar eclipse of September 20, 1960 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.2057 |
| Magnitude | 0.6139 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 72°06′N 74°06′W / 72.1°N 74.1°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 22:59:56 |
| References | |
| Saros | 153 (6 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9421 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on September 20–21, 1960. 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. It began in northeast Russia near sunrise on September 21, and ended near sunset over North America on September 20, one day earlier because of the effects of the International Date Line.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1957-1960
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 | |
| 118 |  April 30, 1957 Annular |
123 |  October 23, 1957 Total | |
| 128 |  April 19, 1958 Annular |
133 |  October 12, 1958 Total | |
| 138 |  April 8, 1959 Annular |
143 |  October 2, 1959 Total | |
| 148 |  March 27, 1960 Partial |
153 | September 20, 1960 Partial | |
References
- Eclipse of the Sun of September 20, 1960—Sky and Telescope magazine, volume 20, page 129.
External links
- http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot1951/SE1960Sep20P.GIF
- http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEdata.php?Ecl=19600920
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