Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953

Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma 1.1331
Magnitude 0.7596
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 61°54′N 104°54′E / 61.9°N 104.9°E / 61.9; 104.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 0:59:30
References
Saros 149 (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]

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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