Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007

Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007
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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 / 61; 55.5
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.

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Solar eclipses 2004-2007

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2004–2007
Ascending node   Descending node
SarosMap SarosMap
119 2004 April 19

Partial (south)
124 2004 October 14

Partial (north)
129 2005 April 8

Hybrid
134

Annular from Spain
2005 October 3

Annular
139

Total from Side, Turkey
2006 March 29

Total
144

Partial from São Paulo, Brazil
2006 September 22

Annular
149 2007 March 19

Partial (north)
154 2007 September 11

Partial (south)

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).

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