Template:Solar eclipse set 1950–1953

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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
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
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.
  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.