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Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007
From Jaipur, India at sunrise
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.0728
Magnitude0.8756
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61°00′N 55°30′E / 61°N 55.5°E / 61; 55.5
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse2:32:57
References
Saros149 (20 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9523

A partial solar eclipse occurred on March 18–19, 2007. 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.

This partial eclipse was visible from India at sunrise, across Asia, and ending near sunset over northern Alaska. The eclipse also was visible in eastern part of European Russia at sunrise. The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the partial solar eclipse of 19 March 2007.

Eclipse Season

This is the second eclipse this season.

First eclipse this season: 3 March 2007 Total Lunar Eclipse

Date = 19 March 2007

Eclipse Magnitude = 0.87558

Eclipse Obscuration = 0.85148

Gamma = 1.07277

Greatest Eclipse: 19 Mar 2007 02:31:52.3 UTC (02:32:57.5 TD)

Coordinates of Greatest Eclipse: 61.0° N, 55.5° E (north of Perm Krai, Russia)

Delta T = 1 minute, 5.3 seconds

Sun right ascension = 23 hours, 53 minutes, 4.0 seconds

Sun declination = 0 degrees, 45 minutes, 4.8 seconds south of Celestial Equator

Sun diameter = 1928.0 arcseconds

Moon right ascension = 23 hours, 50 minutes, 57.2 seconds

Moon declination = 0 degrees, 12 minutes, 14.7 seconds north of Celestial Equator

Moon diameter = 2001.4 arcseconds

Visibility

Images

Eclipses of 2007

Solar eclipses 2004–2007

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 2004 to 2007
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
119 April 19, 2004

Partial 		−1.13345 124 October 14, 2004

Partial 		1.03481
129

Partial in Naiguatá, Venezuela 		April 8, 2005

Hybrid 		−0.34733 134

Annularity in Madrid, Spain 		October 3, 2005

Annular 		0.33058
139

Totality in Side, Turkey 		March 29, 2006

Total 		0.38433 144

Partial in São Paulo, Brazil 		September 22, 2006

Annular 		−0.40624
149

Partial in Jaipur, India 		March 19, 2007

Partial 		1.07277 154

Partial in Córdoba, Argentina 		September 11, 2007

Partial 		−1.12552

Saros 149

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 149, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 21, 1664. It contains total eclipses from April 9, 2043 through October 2, 2331; hybrid eclipses from October 13, 2349 through November 3, 2385; and annular eclipses from November 15, 2403 through July 13, 2800. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 28, 2926. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 31 at 4 minutes, 10 seconds on July 17, 2205, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 62 at 5 minutes, 6 seconds on June 21, 2764. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[2]

Series members 9–30 occur between 1801 and 2200:
9 10 11

November 18, 1808
November 29, 1826
December 9, 1844
12 13 14

December 21, 1862
December 31, 1880
January 11, 1899
15 16 17

January 23, 1917
February 3, 1935
February 14, 1953
18 19 20

February 25, 1971
March 7, 1989
March 19, 2007
21 22 23

March 29, 2025
April 9, 2043
April 20, 2061
24 25 26

May 1, 2079
May 11, 2097
May 24, 2115
27 28 29

June 3, 2133
June 14, 2151
June 25, 2169
30

July 6, 2187

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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

22 eclipse events between January 5, 1935 and August 11, 2018
January 4–5 October 23–24 August 10–12 May 30–31 March 18–19
111 113 115 117 119

January 5, 1935
August 12, 1942
May 30, 1946
March 18, 1950
121 123 125 127 129

January 5, 1954
October 23, 1957
August 11, 1961
May 30, 1965
March 18, 1969
131 133 135 137 139

January 4, 1973
October 23, 1976
August 10, 1980
May 30, 1984
March 18, 1988
141 143 145 147 149

January 4, 1992
October 24, 1995
August 11, 1999
May 31, 2003
March 19, 2007
151 153 155

January 4, 2011
October 23, 2014
August 11, 2018

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.
  2. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 149". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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