Solar eclipse of March 18, 1950

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, March 18, 1950, with a magnitude of 0.962. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

While it was an annular solar eclipse, it was a non-central solar eclipse (when the gamma is 0.9972 or larger).

Eclipses in 1950

 * An annular solar eclipse on March 18, 1950.
 * A total lunar eclipse on April 2, 1950.
 * A total solar eclipse on September 12, 1950.
 * A total lunar eclipse on September 26, 1950.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 1954

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 4, 1943
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 1957

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1941
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 24, 1959

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1939
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 1961

Solar Saros 119

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 1921
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1979

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 17, 1863
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037