Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007


A partial solar eclipse occurred on March 18–19, 2007. 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.
This partial eclipse was visible from India at sunrise, across Asia, and ending near sunset over northern Alaska. The eclipse also was visible in eastern part of European Russia at sunrise. The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the partial solar eclipse of 19 March 2007.

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This is the second eclipse this season.
First eclipse this season: 3 March 2007 Total Lunar Eclipse
Date = 19 March 2007
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.87558
Eclipse Obscuration = 0.85148
Gamma = 1.07277
Greatest Eclipse: 19 Mar 2007 02:31:52.3 UTC
Coordinates of Greatest Eclipse: 61.0° N, 55.5° E
Delta T = 1 minute, 5.3 seconds
Sun right ascension = 23 hours, 53 minutes, 4.0 seconds
Sun declination = 0 degrees, 45 minutes, 4.8 seconds south of Celestial Equator
Sun diameter = 1928.0 arcseconds
Moon right ascension = 23 hours, 50 minutes, 57.2 seconds
Moon declination = 0 degrees, 12 minutes, 14.7 seconds north of Celestial Equator
Moon diameter = 2001.4 arcseconds

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Eclipses of 2007

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Metonic series