Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
| Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953 | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 0:59:30 |
| References | |
| Saros | 149 (17 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9404 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Friday, February 13 and Saturday, February 14, 1953,[1] with a magnitude of 0.7596. 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. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of East Asia, Northeast Asia, and Alaska.
Eclipse details
Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[2]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1953 February 13 at 23:12:27.3 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1953 February 14 at 00:59:29.8 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1953 February 14 at 01:10:45.7 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1953 February 14 at 01:54:08.7 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1953 February 14 at 02:46:08.9 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.75964 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.70380 |
| Gamma | 1.13308 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 21h49m19.4s |
| Sun Declination | -13°10'35.4" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'11.6" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 21h47m19.1s |
| Moon Declination | -12°07'43.4" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'43.4" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'22.7" |
| ΔT | 30.4 s |
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
| January 29 Descending node (full moon) |
February 14 Ascending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1953Jan29.png | File:SE1953Feb14P.png |
| Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 123 |
Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 149 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1953
- A total lunar eclipse on January 29.
- A partial solar eclipse on February 14.
- A partial solar eclipse on July 11.
- A total lunar eclipse on July 26.
- A partial solar eclipse on August 9.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 9, 1944
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 19, 1962
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964
Solar Saros 149
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 5, 1924
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1982
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 15, 1866
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039
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.[3] The partial solar eclipse on July 11, 1953 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1950 to 1953 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 119 | March 18, 1950 File:SE1950Mar18A.png Annular (non-central) |
0.9988 | 124 | September 12, 1950 File:SE1950Sep12T.png Total |
0.8903 | |
| 129 | March 7, 1951 File:SE1951Mar07A.png Annular |
−0.242 | 134 | September 1, 1951 File:SE1951Sep01A.png Annular |
0.1557 | |
| 139 | February 25, 1952 File:SE1952Feb25T.png Total |
0.4697 | 144 | August 20, 1952 File:SE1952Aug20A.png Annular |
−0.6102 | |
| 149 | February 14, 1953 File:SE1953Feb14P.png Partial |
1.1331 | 154 | August 9, 1953 File:SE1953Aug09P.png Partial |
−1.344 | |
Saros 149
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 149, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 21, 1664. It contains total eclipses from April 9, 2043 through October 2, 2331; hybrid eclipses from October 13, 2349 through November 3, 2385; and annular eclipses from November 15, 2403 through July 13, 2800. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 28, 2926. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth. The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 31 at 4 minutes, 10 seconds on July 17, 2205, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 62 at 5 minutes, 6 seconds on June 21, 2764. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[4]
| Series members 9–30 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 10 | 11 |
| File:SE1808Nov18P.gif November 18, 1808 |
File:SE1826Nov29P.gif November 29, 1826 |
File:SE1844Dec09P.gif December 9, 1844 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 |
| File:SE1862Dec21P.gif December 21, 1862 |
File:SE1880Dec31P.gif December 31, 1880 |
File:SE1899Jan11P.gif January 11, 1899 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 |
| File:SE1917Jan23P.png January 23, 1917 |
File:SE1935Feb03P.png February 3, 1935 |
File:SE1953Feb14P.png February 14, 1953 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 |
| File:SE1971Feb25P.png February 25, 1971 |
File:SE1989Mar07P.png March 7, 1989 |
File:SE2007Mar19P.png March 19, 2007 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 |
| File:SE2025Mar29P.png March 29, 2025 |
File:SE2043Apr09T.png April 9, 2043 |
File:SE2061Apr20T.png April 20, 2061 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 |
| File:SE2079May01T.png May 1, 2079 |
File:SE2097May11T.png May 11, 2097 |
File:SE2115May24T.png May 24, 2115 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 |
| File:SE2133Jun03T.png June 3, 2133 |
File:Saros149 28van71 SE2151Jun14T.jpg June 14, 2151 |
File:SE2169Jun25T.png June 25, 2169 |
| 30 | ||
| File:Saros149 30van71 SE2187Jul06T.jpg July 6, 2187 | ||
Metonic series
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
Tritos series
This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings. The partial solar eclipse on November 4, 2116 (part of Saros 164) is also a part of this series but is not included in the table below.
Inex series
This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
| File:SE1808May25P.gif May 25, 1808 (Saros 144) |
File:SE1837May04P.gif May 4, 1837 (Saros 145) |
File:SE1866Apr15P.gif April 15, 1866 (Saros 146) |
| File:SE1895Mar26P.gif March 26, 1895 (Saros 147) |
File:SE1924Mar05P.png March 5, 1924 (Saros 148) |
File:SE1953Feb14P.png February 14, 1953 (Saros 149) |
| File:SE1982Jan25P.png January 24, 1982 (Saros 150) |
File:SE2011Jan04P.png January 4, 2011 (Saros 151) |
File:SE2039Dec15T.png December 15, 2039 (Saros 152) |
| File:SE2068Nov24P.png November 24, 2068 (Saros 153) |
File:SE2097Nov04A.png November 4, 2097 (Saros 154) |
File:Saros155 12van71 SE2126Oct16T.jpg October 16, 2126 (Saros 155) |
| File:Saros156 09van69 SE2155Sep26A.jpg September 26, 2155 (Saros 156) |
File:Saros157 08van70 SE2184Sep04A.jpg September 4, 2184 (Saros 157) |
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References
- ↑ "February 13–14, 1953 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ↑ "Partial Solar Eclipse of 1953 Feb 14". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 149". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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