Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1331
Magnitude0.7596
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61°54′N 104°54′E / 61.9°N 104.9°E / 61.9; 104.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse0:59:30
References
Saros149 (17 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9404

A partial solar eclipse occurred on February 14, 1953. 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.

Solar eclipses of 1950–1953

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 1950–1953
Ascending node   Descending node
SarosMap SarosMap
119
1950 March 18
Annular (non-central)
124
1950 September 12
Total
129
1951 March 7
Annular
134
1951 September 1
Annular
139
1952 February 25
Total
144
1952 August 20
Annular
149
1953 February 14
Partial
154
1953 August 9
Partial
Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953 belongs to the next lunar year set

References

  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.
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