Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007
Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007 | |
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![]() From Jaipur, India at sunrise | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.0728 |
Magnitude | 0.8756 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 61°00′N 55°30′E / 61°N 55.5°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 2:32:57 |
References | |
Saros | 149 (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.
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
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Eclipse progression from Hyderabad, India
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Maharagama, Sri Lanka, 1:03 UTC
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Eclipse shadow from Khon Kaen, Thailand, 1:28 UTC
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2007
- A total lunar eclipse on March 3.
- A partial solar eclipse on March 19.
- A total lunar eclipse on August 28.
- A partial solar eclipse on September 11.
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 | ||||||
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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: | ||
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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 | ||||
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 149". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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Photos:
- Spaceweather.com eclipse gallery
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Goa Silhouettes, from Goa India (22 March 2007)
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Touran Sunrise, from Touran Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Iran (23 March 2007)
- Solar Eclipse - 19th March 2007 Deepu George V Mananthavady, Wayanad, Kerala, India
- Kozlovskiy, Aleksandr (28 March 2007). "Март — месяц затмений (глазами очевидца)" [March [2007] is the month of eclipses (through the eyes of an eyewitness)] (in Russian). Retrieved 6 December 2019.