Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968

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| previous = Solar eclipse of November 2, 1967

| next = Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968

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A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Thursday, March 28 and Friday, March 29, 1968,{{cite web|title=March 28–29, 1968 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/1968-march-28|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=8 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.899. 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.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of eastern Oceania and Antarctica.

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.{{cite web|title=Partial Solar Eclipse of 1968 Mar 28|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1901-2000/SE1968Mar28Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=8 August 2024}}

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|+March 28, 1968 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 1968 March 28 at 20:44:13.8 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 1968 March 28 at 21:53:55.7 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 1968 March 28 at 22:48:36.8 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 1968 March 28 at 23:00:30.4 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 1968 March 29 at 01:17:17.4 UTC

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|+March 28, 1968 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.89902

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.84205

Gamma

| −1.03704

Sun Right Ascension

| 00h30m35.2s

Sun Declination

| +03°18'09.3"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 16'01.0"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.8"

Moon Right Ascension

| 00h32m24.8s

Moon Declination

| +02°28'24.8"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 14'57.5"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°54'53.9"

ΔT

| 38.5 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

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|+ Eclipse season of March–April 1968

! March 28
Ascending node (new moon)
!! April 13
Descending node (full moon)

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| Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 119

Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 131