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
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1331
Magnitude0.7596
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61.9°N 104.9°E / 61.9; 104.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse0:59:30
References
Saros149 (17 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9404

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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