Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942
On March 16–17, 1942, a partial solar eclipse occurred as the Moon moved between the Earth and the Sun but did not completely cover the Sun. The eclipse had a magnitude of 0.639, meaning about 64% of the Sun’s disk was hidden at its peak. It was visible only in parts of Antarctica and southern Oceanian regions, near the Moon’s descending node. The greatest obscuration happened at 23:37:07 UTC.
This eclipse is part of the long Saros cycle 148, a series of eclipses that repeats roughly every 18 years and 11 days. The series began in 1653 and includes various types of eclipses as the Moon’s shadow shifts across Earth; all members occur at the Moon’s descending node.
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