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
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.344
Magnitude0.3729
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates62.2°S 114.7°W / -62.2; -114.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse15:55:03
References
Saros154 (3 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9405

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
Ascending node   Descending node
SarosMapGamma SarosMapGamma
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

  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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