A partial solar eclipse occurred on March 18–19, 2007.[1][2] 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.
| Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007 | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) From Jaipur, India at sunrise | |
 Map | |
| 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 |
This partial eclipse was visible from India at sunrise, across Asia and eastern part of European Russia, and ending near sunset over northern Alaska. The greatest eclipse was on north of Perm Krai, Russia. This was the second eclipse of the eclipse season, the first being the March 2007 lunar eclipse.
Visibility edit
Images edit
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Eclipse progression from Hyderabad, India
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Maharagama, Sri Lanka, 1:03 UTC -
Eclipse shadow from Khon Kaen, Thailand, 1:28 UTC
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Related eclipses edit
Eclipses of 2007 edit
- 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 edit
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.[3]
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 119 | 2004 April 19 Partial (south) |
−1.13345 | 124 | 2004 October 14 Partial (north) |
1.03481 | |
129_(cropped).jpg) Partial from Naiguatá |
2005 April 08 Hybrid |
−0.34733 | 134 Annular from Madrid, Spain |
2005 October 03 Annular |
0.33058 | |
139 Total from Side, Turkey |
2006 March 29 Total |
0.38433 | 144.jpg) Partial from São Paulo, Brazil |
2006 September 22 Annular |
−0.40624 | |
| 149 From Jaipur, India |
2007 March 19 Partial (north) |
1.07277 | 154_(cropped).jpg) From Córdoba, Argentina |
2007 September 11 Partial (south) |
−1.12552 | |
Saros 149 edit
Solar saros 149, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 21, 1664. It has total eclipses from April 9, 2043, to October 2, 2331. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 28, 2926. The longest total eclipse will be on July 17, 2205, at 4 minutes and 10 seconds.[4]
| Series members 15–25 occur between 1901 and 2100: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 May 1, 2079 |
 May 11, 2097 | |
Metonic series edit
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 |
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References edit
- ^ "At a glance". The Daily Reporter. 2007-03-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southeast coast of India awakens to partial eclipse of the sun". The Toronto Star. 2007-03-20. p. 22. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.
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.