Solar eclipse of March 19, 2072

A partial solar eclipse will occur on March 19, 2072. 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.

Solar eclipse of March 19, 2072
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.1405
Magnitude0.7199
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates72.2°S 30.4°W / -72.2; -30.4
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse20:10:31
References
Saros150 (20 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9669

Solar eclipses 2069–2072

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.[1]

120April 21, 2069

Partial
125October 15, 2069

Partial
130April 11, 2070

Total
135October 4, 2070

Annular
140March 31, 2071

Annular
145September 23, 2071

Total
150March 19, 2072

Partial
155September 12, 2072

Total

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 descending node.

References

  1. 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.
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