Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007
| Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007 | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) From Jaipur, India at sunrise | |
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.0728 |
| Magnitude | 0.8756 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 61°00′N 55°30′E / 61°N 55.5°E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 2:32:57 |
| References | |
| Saros | 149 (20 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9523 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, March 19, 2007,[1][2] with a magnitude of 0.8756. 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.
This partial eclipse was visible from India at sunrise, across Asia and eastern part of European Russia, and ending near sunset over northern Alaska. The greatest eclipse was on north of Perm Krai, Russia. This was the second eclipse of the eclipse season, the first being the March 2007 lunar eclipse.
Visibility
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Images
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Eclipse progression from Hyderabad, India
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Maharagama, Sri Lanka, 1:03 UTC -
Eclipse shadow from Khon Kaen, Thailand, 1:28 UTC
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Related eclipses
[edit]Eclipses of 2007
[edit]- A total lunar eclipse on March 3.
- A partial solar eclipse on March 19.
- A total lunar eclipse on August 28.
- A partial solar eclipse on September 11.
Metonic
[edit]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2003
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011
Tzolkinex
[edit]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 29, 2014
Half-Saros
[edit]- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1998
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 2016
Tritos
[edit]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 17, 1996
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 2018
Solar Saros 149
[edit]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025
Inex
[edit]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1978
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2036
Triad
[edit]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 18, 1920
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2094
Solar eclipses of 2004–2007
[edit]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]
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2004 to 2007 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 119 | April 19, 2004 Partial |
−1.13345 | 124 | October 14, 2004 Partial |
1.03481 | |
129_(cropped).jpg) Partial in Naiguatá, Venezuela |
April 8, 2005 Hybrid |
−0.34733 | 134 Annularity in Madrid, Spain |
October 3, 2005 Annular |
0.33058 | |
139 Totality in Side, Turkey |
March 29, 2006 Total |
0.38433 | 144.jpg) Partial in São Paulo, Brazil |
September 22, 2006 Annular |
−0.40624 | |
| 149 Partial in Jaipur, India |
March 19, 2007 Partial |
1.07277 | 154_(cropped).jpg) Partial in Córdoba, Argentina |
September 11, 2007 Partial |
−1.12552 | |
Saros 149
[edit]This eclipse is a part of Saros series 149, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 21, 1664. It contains total eclipses from April 9, 2043 through October 2, 2331; hybrid eclipses from October 13, 2349 through November 3, 2385; and annular eclipses from November 15, 2403 through July 13, 2800. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 28, 2926. 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 totality will be produced by member 31 at 4 minutes, 10 seconds on July 17, 2205, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 62 at 5 minutes, 6 seconds on June 21, 2764. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[4]
| Series members 9–30 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 10 | 11 |
 November 18, 1808 |
 November 29, 1826 |
 December 9, 1844 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 |
 December 21, 1862 |
 December 31, 1880 |
 January 11, 1899 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 |
 January 23, 1917 |
 February 3, 1935 |
 February 14, 1953 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 |
 February 25, 1971 |
 March 7, 1989 |
March 19, 2007 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 |
 March 29, 2025 |
 April 9, 2043 |
 April 20, 2061 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 |
 May 1, 2079 |
 May 11, 2097 |
 May 24, 2115 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 |
 June 3, 2133 |
 June 14, 2151 |
 June 25, 2169 |
| 30 | ||
 July 6, 2187 | ||
Tritos series
[edit]This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
The partial solar eclipses on December 7, 2170 (part of Saros 164) and November 7, 2181 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.
| Series members between 1801 and 2105 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 September 28, 1810 (Saros 131) |
 August 27, 1821 (Saros 132) |
 July 27, 1832 (Saros 133) |
 June 27, 1843 (Saros 134) |
 May 26, 1854 (Saros 135) |
 April 25, 1865 (Saros 136) |
 March 25, 1876 (Saros 137) |
 February 22, 1887 (Saros 138) |
 January 22, 1898 (Saros 139) |
 December 23, 1908 (Saros 140) |
 November 22, 1919 (Saros 141) |
 October 21, 1930 (Saros 142) |
 September 21, 1941 (Saros 143) |
 August 20, 1952 (Saros 144) |
 July 20, 1963 (Saros 145) |
 June 20, 1974 (Saros 146) |
 May 19, 1985 (Saros 147) |
 April 17, 1996 (Saros 148) |
March 19, 2007 (Saros 149) |
 February 15, 2018 (Saros 150) |
 January 14, 2029 (Saros 151) |
 December 15, 2039 (Saros 152) |
 November 14, 2050 (Saros 153) |
 October 13, 2061 (Saros 154) |
 September 12, 2072 (Saros 155) |
 August 13, 2083 (Saros 156) |
 July 12, 2094 (Saros 157) |
 June 12, 2105 (Saros 158) | ||
Metonic series
[edit]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.
| 22 eclipse events between January 5, 1935 and August 11, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4–5 | October 23–24 | August 10–12 | May 30–31 | March 18–19 |
| 111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
 January 5, 1935 |
 August 12, 1942 |
 May 30, 1946 |
 March 18, 1950 | |
| 121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
 January 5, 1954 |
 October 23, 1957 |
 August 11, 1961 |
 May 30, 1965 |
 March 18, 1969 |
| 131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
 January 4, 1973 |
 October 23, 1976 |
 August 10, 1980 |
 May 30, 1984 |
 March 18, 1988 |
| 141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
 January 4, 1992 |
 October 24, 1995 |
 August 11, 1999 |
 May 31, 2003 |
March 19, 2007 |
| 151 | 153 | 155 | ||
 January 4, 2011 |
 October 23, 2014 |
 August 11, 2018 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "At a glance". The Daily Reporter. 2007-03-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southeast coast of India awakens to partial eclipse of the sun". The Toronto Star. 2007-03-20. p. 22. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 149". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
Photos:
- Spaceweather.com eclipse gallery
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Goa Silhouettes, from Goa India (22 March 2007)
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Touran Sunrise, from Touran Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Iran (23 March 2007)
- Solar Eclipse – 19th March 2007 Deepu George V Mananthavady, Wayanad, Kerala, India
- Kozlovskiy, Aleksandr (28 March 2007). "Март — месяц затмений (глазами очевидца)" [March [2007] is the month of eclipses (through the eyes of an eyewitness)] (in Russian). Retrieved 6 December 2019.
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