Solar eclipse of March 18, 1950

60°54′S 40°54′E / 60.9°S 40.9°E / -60.9; 40.9Max. width of band- kmTimes (UTC)Greatest eclipse15:32:01ReferencesSaros119 (62 of 71)Catalog # (SE5000)9398

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, March 18, 1950, with a magnitude of 0.962. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

While it was an annular solar eclipse, it was a non-central solar eclipse (when the gamma is 0.9972 or larger).

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1950

• An annular solar eclipse on March 18, 1950.
• A total lunar eclipse on April 2, 1950.
• A total solar eclipse on September 12, 1950.
• A total lunar eclipse on September 26, 1950.

Metonic

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 1954

Tzolkinex

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 4, 1943
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 1957

Half-Saros

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1941
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 24, 1959

Tritos

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1939
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 1961

Solar Saros 119

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968

Inex

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 1921
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1979

Triad

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 17, 1863
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037

Solar eclipses of 1950–1953

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]

The partial solar eclipse on July 11, 1953 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1950 to 1953
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma		Saros	Map	Gamma
119	March 18, 1950 Annular (non-central)	0.9988		124	September 12, 1950 Total	0.8903
129	March 7, 1951 Annular	−0.242		134	September 1, 1951 Annular	0.1557
139	February 25, 1952 Total	0.4697		144	August 20, 1952 Annular	−0.6102
149	February 14, 1953 Partial	1.1331		154	August 9, 1953 Partial	−1.344

Saros 119

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 15, 850 AD. It contains total eclipses on August 9, 994 AD and August 20, 1012; a hybrid eclipse on August 31, 1030; and annular eclipses from September 10, 1048 through March 18, 1950. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 24, 2112. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 10 at 32 seconds on August 20, 1012, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 44 at 7 minutes, 37 seconds on September 1, 1625. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.^[2]

Series members 54–71 occur between 1801 and 2112:
54	55	56
December 21, 1805	January 1, 1824	January 11, 1842
57	58	59
January 23, 1860	February 2, 1878	February 13, 1896
60	61	62
February 25, 1914	March 7, 1932	March 18, 1950
63	64	65
March 28, 1968	April 9, 1986	April 19, 2004
66	67	68
April 30, 2022	May 11, 2040	May 22, 2058
69	70	71
June 1, 2076	June 13, 2094	June 24, 2112

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 ascending node.

22 eclipse events between January 5, 1935 and August 11, 2018
January 4-5	October 23-24	August 10-12	May 30-31	March 18-19
111	113	115	117	119
January 5, 1935		August 12, 1942	May 30, 1946	March 18, 1950
121	123	125	127	129
January 5, 1954	October 23, 1957	August 11, 1961	May 30, 1965	March 18, 1969
131	133	135	137	139
January 4, 1973	October 23, 1976	August 10, 1980	May 30, 1984	March 18, 1988
141	143	145	147	149
January 4, 1992	October 24, 1995	August 11, 1999	May 31, 2003	March 19, 2007
151	153	155
January 4, 2011	October 23, 2014	August 11, 2018

Notes

References

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements