Solar eclipse of March 18, 1969

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, March 18, 1969, with a magnitude of 0.9954. 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. Annularity was visible from part of Indonesia, and two atolls (Faraulep and Gaferut) in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands which belongs to the Federated States of Micronesia now.

Eclipses in 1969

 * An annular solar eclipse on March 18, 1969.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 2, 1969.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 27, 1969.
 * An annular solar eclipse on September 11, 1969.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 25, 1969.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1965
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 1973

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 1962
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 29, 1976

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1960
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 24, 1978

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1958
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 1980

Solar Saros 129

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1951
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 1987

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1940
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 17, 1882
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2056