A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, August 9, 1953, with a magnitude of 0.3729. 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 Antarctica and extreme southern South America.
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.
+August 9, 1953 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1953 August 9 at 14:22:15.1 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1953 August 9 at 15:55:02.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1953 August 9 at 16:10:26.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1953 August 9 at 17:02:08.4 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1953 August 9 at 17:27:26.5 UTC
+August 9, 1953 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.37289 Eclipse Obscuration 0.25324 Gamma −1.34403 Sun Right Ascension 09h16m48.0s Sun Declination +15°49'20.1" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'46.7" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 09h14m48.9s Moon Declination +14°41'52.0" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'54.3" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'42.1" ΔT 30.6 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 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 29, 1946 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 20, 1960
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 4, 1944 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 15, 1962
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 10, 1942 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1964
Solar Saros 154 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 30, 1935 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 30, 1924 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 20, 1982
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 8, 1866
Solar eclipses of 1950–1953
Saros 154
Metonic series
Tritos series
Series members between 1801 and 1964September 17, 1811(Saros 141)August 16, 1822(Saros 142)July 17, 1833(Saros 143)June 16, 1844(Saros 144)May 16, 1855(Saros 145)April 15, 1866(Saros 146)March 15, 1877(Saros 147)February 11, 1888(Saros 148)January 11, 1899(Saros 149)December 12, 1909(Saros 150)November 10, 1920(Saros 151)October 11, 1931(Saros 152)September 10, 1942(Saros 153)August 9, 1953(Saros 154)July 9, 1964(Saros 155)
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot1951/SE1953Aug09P.GIF