What the records say
- When
- 19 Mar 2007
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 61.00° N, 55.50° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007.
Summary
The first solar eclipse of the year 2007 is a partial solar eclipse occurring just 0.7 days before perigee, making it very large. The Moon covers 87.558% of the Sun. In this partial solar eclipse, the best visibility occurs at 61º02'55" N, 55º28'04" E. It is the 20th solar eclipse of Solar Saros series 149, at ascending node. The Sun is its zenith just 83 km south of the Equator, so the Northern Hemisphere was in winter and the Southern Hemisphere was in summer on March 19, 2007.
Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007
21st-century partial solar eclipse
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, March 19, 2007, 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.
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