A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, July 11, 1953, with a magnitude of 0.2015. 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 Canada, Greenland, and the Pacific Northwest.
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.
+July 11, 1953 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1953 July 11 at 01:37:53.9 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1953 July 11 at 02:05:36.4 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1953 July 11 at 02:28:37.4 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1953 July 11 at 02:44:14.2 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1953 July 11 at 03:50:55.3 UTC
+July 11, 1953 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.20149 Eclipse Obscuration 0.10431 Gamma 1.43882 Sun Right Ascension 07h20m09.8s Sun Declination +22°10'04.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'43.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 07h21m30.2s Moon Declination +23°28'09.7" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'14.1" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'54.9" ΔT 30.5 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.
+ Eclipse season of July–August 1953 July 11Descending node (new moon) July 26Ascending node (full moon) August 9Descending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 116 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 128 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 154
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 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 1957
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 6, 1944 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 1962
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 1942 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 1964
Solar Saros 116 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1935 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 31, 1924 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 1982
Triad Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040
Solar eclipses of 1953–1956
Saros 116
Tritos series
Metonic series
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot1951/SE1953Jul11P.GIF