Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Thursday, March 28 and Friday, March 29, 1968,[1] with a magnitude of 0.899. 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 eastern Oceania and Antarctica.

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]

March 28, 1968 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 1968 March 28 at 20:44:13.8 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 1968 March 28 at 21:53:55.7 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 1968 March 28 at 22:48:36.8 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 1968 March 28 at 23:00:30.4 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 1968 March 29 at 01:17:17.4 UTC
March 28, 1968 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.89902
Eclipse Obscuration 0.84205
Gamma −1.03704
Sun Right Ascension 00h30m35.2s
Sun Declination +03°18'09.3"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'01.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8"
Moon Right Ascension 00h32m24.8s
Moon Declination +02°28'24.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter 14'57.5"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'53.9"
ΔT 38.5 s

Eclipse season

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Eclipse season of March–April 1968
March 28
Ascending node (new moon)
 April 13
Descending node (full moon)
File:SE1968Mar28P.png File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1968Apr13.png
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 119		 Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 131

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1968

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 119

Inex

Triad

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.[3]

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
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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

Saros 119

Template:Solar Saros series 119

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.

20 eclipse events between June 10, 1964 and August 21, 2036
June 10–11 March 28–29 January 14–16 November 3 August 21–22
117 119 121 123 125
File:SE1964Jun10P.png
June 10, 1964 		File:SE1968Mar28P.png
March 28, 1968 		File:SE1972Jan16A.png
January 16, 1972 		File:SE1975Nov03P.png
November 3, 1975 		File:SE1979Aug22A.png
August 22, 1979
127 129 131 133 135
File:SE1983Jun11T.png
June 11, 1983 		File:SE1987Mar29H.png
March 29, 1987 		File:SE1991Jan15A.png
January 15, 1991 		File:SE1994Nov03T.png
November 3, 1994 		File:SE1998Aug22A.png
August 22, 1998
137 139 141 143 145
File:SE2002Jun10A.png
June 10, 2002 		File:SE2006Mar29T.png
March 29, 2006 		File:SE2010Jan15A.png
January 15, 2010 		File:SE2013Nov03H.png
November 3, 2013 		File:SE2017Aug21T.png
August 21, 2017
147 149 151 153 155
File:SE2021Jun10A.png
June 10, 2021 		File:SE2025Mar29P.png
March 29, 2025 		File:SE2029Jan14P.png
January 14, 2029 		File:SE2032Nov03P.png
November 3, 2032 		File:SE2036Aug21P.png
August 21, 2036

Tritos series

Template:Solar Tritos series 2000 December 25

Inex series

Template:Solar Inex series 2026 February 17

References

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External links

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