Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Thursday, March 28 and Friday, March 29, 1968, 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.| Event | Time |
| 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 |
| 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 eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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.| March 28 Ascending node | April 13 Descending node |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 119 | Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 131 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1968
A partial solar eclipse on March 28.- A total lunar eclipse on April 13.
- A total solar eclipse on September 22.
- A total lunar eclipse on October 6.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 1964
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 1972
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 1961
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 1975
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 24, 1959
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 1977
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 1957
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1979
Solar Saros 119
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1950
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1939
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 1997
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 27, 1881
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055