Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
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 eclipse of February 14, 1953 | |
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Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.1331 |
Magnitude | 0.7596 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 61.9°N 104.9°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 0:59:30 |
References | |
Saros | 149 (17 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9404 |
Related eclipses
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 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
119 | March 18, 1950 Annular (non-central) |
124 | September 12, 1950 Total | |||
129 | March 7, 1951 Annular |
134 | September 1, 1951 Annular | |||
139 | February 25, 1952 Total |
144 | August 20, 1952 Annular | |||
149 | February 14, 1953 Partial |
154 | August 9, 1953 Partial | |||
Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953 belongs to the next lunar year set |
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References
- 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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