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Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953

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Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.4388
Magnitude0.2015
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates64°18′N 71°42′W / 64.3°N 71.7°W / 64.3; -71.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse2:44:14
References
Saros116 (69 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9406

A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 11, 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 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]

The partial solar eclipses on February 14, 1953 and August 9, 1953 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1953 to 1956
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
116 July 11, 1953

Partial
1.4388 121 January 5, 1954

Annular
−0.9296
126 June 30, 1954

Total
0.6135 131 December 25, 1954

Annular
−0.2576
136 June 20, 1955

Total
−0.1528 141 December 14, 1955

Annular
0.4266
146 June 8, 1956

Total
−0.8934 151 December 2, 1956

Partial
1.0923

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 between July 11, 1953 and July 11, 2029
July 10–11 April 29–30 February 15–16 December 4 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

July 11, 2029

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.