Solar eclipse of January 5, 1954
Solar eclipse of January 5, 1954 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.9296 |
Magnitude | 0.972 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 102 s (1 min 42 s) |
Coordinates | 79°06′S 120°48′W / 79.1°S 120.8°W |
Max. width of band | 278 km (173 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 2:32:01 |
References | |
Saros | 121 (57 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9407 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on January 5, 1954. Template:Annular solar eclipse summary
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1953-1956
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]
Note: Partial solar eclipse of February 14, 1953 and August 9, 1953 belong to the last lunar year set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1953 to 1956 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
116 | 1953 July 11 Partial |
1.43882 | 121 | 1954 January 5 Annular |
-0.92960 | |
126 | 1954 June 30 Total |
0.61345 | 131 | 1954 December 25 Annular |
-0.25762 | |
136 | 1955 June 20 Total |
-0.15278 | 141 | 1955 December 14 Annular |
0.42658 | |
146 | 1956 June 8 Total |
-0.89341 | 151 | 1956 December 2 Partial |
1.09229 |
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 descending node.
21 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between July 11, 1953 and July 11, 2029 | ||||
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July 10–12 | April 29–30 | February 15–16 | December 4–5 | September 21–23 |
116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
July 11, 1953 |
April 30, 1957 |
February 15, 1961 |
December 4, 1964 |
September 22, 1968 |
126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
July 10, 1972 |
April 29, 1976 |
February 16, 1980 |
December 4, 1983 |
September 23, 1987 |
136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
July 11, 1991 |
April 29, 1995 |
February 16, 1999 |
December 4, 2002 |
September 22, 2006 |
146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
July 11, 2010 |
April 29, 2014 |
February 15, 2018 |
December 4, 2021 |
September 21, 2025 |
156 | 158 | 160 | 162 | 164 |
July 11, 2029 |
Notes
- ^ 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.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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