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Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942
20th-century partial solar eclipse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Quick Facts Type of eclipse, Nature ...
Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | −1.1908 |
Magnitude | 0.6393 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 72.2°S 76.8°W / -72.2; -76.8 |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 23:37:07 |
References | |
Saros | 148 (17 of 75) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9379 |
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A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica and southern Oceania.