Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942

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Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942
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Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.1908
Magnitude 0.6393
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 23:37:07
References
Saros 148 (17 of 75)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9379

A partial solar eclipse occurred on March 16, 1942. 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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1939-1942

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 1939-1942
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Saros Map
118 April 19, 1939
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Annular
123 October 12, 1939
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Total
128 April 7, 1940
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Annular
133 October 1, 1940
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Total
138 March 27, 1941
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Annular
143 September 21, 1941
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Total
148 March 16, 1942
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Partial
153 September 10, 1942
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Partial
The partial solar eclipse on August 12, 1942 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

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