Solar eclipse of August 9, 1953
A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 9, 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 August 9, 1953 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | −1.344 |
Magnitude | 0.3729 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 62.2°S 114.7°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 15:55:03 |
References | |
Saros | 154 (3 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9405 |
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 to 1953 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
119 | ![]() 1950 March 18 Annular (non-central) | -0.99880 | 124 | ![]() 1950 September 12 Total | 0.89030 | |
129 | ![]() 1951 March 7 Annular | -0.24196 | 134 | ![]() 1951 September 1 Annular | 0.15570 | |
139 | ![]() 1952 February 25 Total | 0.46973 | 144 | ![]() 1952 August 20 Annular | -0.61023 | |
149 | ![]() 1953 February 14 Partial | 1.13308 | 154 | ![]() 1953 August 9 Partial | -1.34403 | |
Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953 belongs to the next lunar year set. |
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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