Template:Solar eclipse set 1957–1960

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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]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1957 to 1960
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
118
1957 April 30
Annular (non-central)
0.99918 123
1957 October 23
Total (non-central)
-1.00218
128
1958 April 19
Annular
0.27499 133
1958 October 12
Total
-0.29506
138
1959 April 08
Annular
-0.45463 143
1959 October 02
Total
0.42075
148
1960 March 27
Partial
-1.15375 153
1960 September 20
Partial
1.20565
  1. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.