Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17, 1942,[1] with a magnitude of 0.6393. 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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica and southern Oceania.
Eclipse details
Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[2]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1942 March 16 at 21:44:48.6 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1942 March 16 at 22:54:14.8 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1942 March 16 at 23:37:06.8 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1942 March 16 at 23:50:18.2 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1942 March 17 at 01:29:50.5 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.63936 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.54379 |
| Gamma | −1.19082 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 23h44m24.0s |
| Sun Declination | -01°41'22.1" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'04.3" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 23h45m46.3s |
| Moon Declination | -02°45'29.1" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'26.7" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°56'41.2" |
| ΔT | 25.4 s |
Eclipse season
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| March 3 Ascending node (full moon) |
March 16 Descending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1942Mar03.png | File:SE1942Mar16P.png |
| Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 122 |
Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 148 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1942
- A total lunar eclipse on March 3.
- A partial solar eclipse on March 16.
- A partial solar eclipse on August 12.
- A total lunar eclipse on August 26.
- A partial solar eclipse on September 10.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 12, 1933
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 1951
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
Solar Saros 148
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 5, 1924
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 16, 1855
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 2029
Solar eclipses of 1939–1942
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]
The partial solar eclipse on August 12, 1942 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1939 to 1942 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 118 | April 19, 1939 File:SE1939Apr19A.png Annular |
0.9388 | 123 | October 12, 1939 File:SE1939Oct12T.png Total |
−0.9737 | |
| 128 | April 7, 1940 File:SE1940Apr07A.png Annular |
0.219 | 133 | October 1, 1940 File:SE1940Oct01T.png Total |
−0.2573 | |
| 138 | March 27, 1941 File:SE1941Mar27A.png Annular |
−0.5025 | 143 | September 21, 1941 File:SE1941Sep21T.png Total |
0.4649 | |
| 148 | March 16, 1942 File:SE1942Mar16P.png Partial |
−1.1908 | 153 | September 10, 1942 File:SE1942Sep10P.png Partial |
1.2571 | |
Saros 148
Template:Solar Saros series 148
Metonic series
Template:Solar Metonic series 1866–1953
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2007 September 11
Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2000 February 5
References
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External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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