Solar eclipse of March 18, 1969
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, March 18, 1969,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9954. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 5.1 days after perigee (on March 13, 1969, at 2:50 UTC) and 7.7 days before apogee (on March 25, 1969, at 19:30 UTC).[2]
Annularity was visible from part of Indonesia, and two atolls (Faraulep and Gaferut) in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands which belongs to the Federated States of Micronesia now. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of the Malagasy Republic (today's Madagascar), Antarctica, Australia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and northern 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.[3]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1969 March 18 at 02:07:06.0 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 1969 March 18 at 03:08:38.9 UTC |
| First Central Line | 1969 March 18 at 03:09:16.7 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 1969 March 18 at 03:09:16.7 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 1969 March 18 at 03:09:54.5 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 1969 March 18 at 04:16:02.5 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1969 March 18 at 04:38:24.3 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1969 March 18 at 04:51:59.7 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1969 March 18 at 04:54:57.2 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 1969 March 18 at 05:34:13.5 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 1969 March 18 at 06:40:08.1 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 1969 March 18 at 06:40:48.6 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 1969 March 18 at 06:41:29.2 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1969 March 18 at 07:43:01.1 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.99545 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.99092 |
| Gamma | −0.27037 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 23h50m32.4s |
| Sun Declination | -01°01'31.8" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'04.0" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 23h51m02.7s |
| Moon Declination | -01°15'08.8" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'44.8" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°57'47.6" |
| ΔT | 39.4 s |
Eclipse season
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| March 18 Ascending node (new moon) |
April 2 Descending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| File:SE1969Mar18A.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1969Apr02.png |
| Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 129 |
Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 141 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1969
- An annular solar eclipse on March 18.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 2.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 27.
- An annular solar eclipse on September 11.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 25.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1965
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 1973
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 1962
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 29, 1976
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1960
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 24, 1978
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1958
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 1980
Solar Saros 129
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1951
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 1987
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1940
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 17, 1882
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2056
Solar eclipses of 1968–1971
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.[4]
The partial solar eclipse on July 22, 1971 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1968 to 1971 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 119 | March 28, 1968 File:SE1968Mar28P.png Partial |
−1.037 | 124 | September 22, 1968 File:SE1968Sep22T.png Total |
0.9451 | |
| 129 | March 18, 1969 File:SE1969Mar18A.png Annular |
−0.2704 | 134 | September 11, 1969 File:SE1969Sep11A.png Annular |
0.2201 | |
| 139 File:C72pct (4321372614).jpg Totality in Williamston, NC USA |
March 7, 1970 File:SE1970Mar07T.png Total |
0.4473 | 144 | August 31, 1970 File:SE1970Aug31A.png Annular |
−0.5364 | |
| 149 | February 25, 1971 File:SE1971Feb25P.png Partial |
1.1188 | 154 | August 20, 1971 File:SE1971Aug20P.png Partial |
−1.2659 | |
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Saros 129
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 129, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 80 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on October 3, 1103. It contains annular eclipses from May 6, 1464 through March 18, 1969; hybrid eclipses from March 29, 1987 through April 20, 2023; and total eclipses from April 30, 2041 through July 26, 2185. The series ends at member 80 as a partial eclipse on February 21, 2528. 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 annularity was produced by member 34 at 5 minutes, 10 seconds on October 4, 1698, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 58 at 3 minutes, 43 seconds on June 25, 2131. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]
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.
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2001 December 14
Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2027 February 6
Notes
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References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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