Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960
# Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960

A partial solar eclipse observable from parts of Antarctic Ocean and Indian Ocean occurred on March 27, 1960. 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.

## Related eclipses

### Solar eclipses of 1957–1960

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1957–1960 :

| Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
| - | - | - | - |
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map |
| 118 | 1957 April 30 Annular (non-central) | 123 | 1957 October 23 Total (non-central) |
| 128 | 1958 April 19 Annular | 133 | 1958 October 12 Total |
| 138 | 1959 April 8 Annular | 143 | 1959 October 2 Total |
| 148 | 1960 March 27 Partial | 153 | 1960 September 20 Partial |
