A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Friday, February 13 and Saturday, February 14, 1953, 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.
In Asia, the date of the eclipse, February 14, was the exact day of the Lunar New Year, celebrated in multiple countries.
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.
+February 14, 1953 Solar Eclipse Times 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
+February 14, 1953 Solar Eclipse Parameters 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.
+ Eclipse season of January–February 1953 January 29Descending node (full moon) February 14Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 123 Partial solar eclipseSolar 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
Saros 149
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot1951/SE1953Feb14P.GIF