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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 April 30, 1957

Annular (non-central)
0.9992 123 October 23, 1957

Total (non-central)
1.0022
128 April 19, 1958

Annular
0.275 133 October 12, 1958

Total
−0.2951
138 April 8, 1959

Annular
−0.4546 143 October 2, 1959

Total
0.4207
148 March 27, 1960

Partial
−1.1537 153 September 20, 1960

Partial
1.2057
  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.