Solar eclipse of March 18, 1950
20th-century annular solar eclipse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An annular solar eclipse occurred on March 18, 1950. 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.
Quick Facts Type of eclipse, Nature ...
Solar eclipse of March 18, 1950 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | 0.9988 |
Magnitude | 0.962 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | - |
Coordinates | 60.9°S 40.9°E / -60.9; 40.9 |
Max. width of band | - km |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 15:32:01 |
References | |
Saros | 119 (62 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9398 |
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While it was an annular solar eclipse, it was a non-central solar eclipse (when the gamma is 0.9972 or larger).