A partial

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six month ...

occurred at the Moon's

descending node An orbital node is either of the two points where an orbit intersects a plane of reference to which it is inclined. A non-inclined orbit, which is contained in the reference plane, has no nodes. Planes of reference Common planes of reference ...

of orbit between Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17, 1942, with a magnitude of 0.6393. A

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 Antarctica and southern 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.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1942

* A total lunar eclipse on March 3. * A partial solar eclipse on March 16. * A partial solar eclipse on August 12. * A total lunar eclipse on August 26. * A partial solar eclipse on September 10.

Metonic

* Preceded by:

Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938 A total solar eclipse occurred on May 29, 1938. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's app ...

* Followed by:

Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946 A partial solar eclipse occurred on January 3, 1946. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to inca ...

Tzolkinex

* Preceded by:

Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935 A partial solar eclipse occurred on Sunday, February 3, 1935. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heate ...

* Followed by:

Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949 A partial solar eclipse occurred on Thursday, April 28, 1949. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated ...

Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 12, 1933 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 1951

Tritos

* Preceded by:

Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931 A partial solar eclipse occurred on Saturday, April 18, 1931. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes ...

* Followed by:

Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953 A partial solar eclipse occurred on February 14, 1953. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to in ...

Solar Saros 148

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 5, 1924 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960 A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, March 27, 1960, with a magnitude of 0.7058. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image ...

Inex

* Preceded by:

Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913 A partial solar eclipse occurred on Sunday, April 6, 1913. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of ...

* Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971

Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 16, 1855 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of January 14, 2029 A partial solar eclipse will occur on Sunday, January 14, 2029. 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 i ...

Solar eclipses of 1939–1942

Saros 148

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

External links

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