Solar eclipse of August 9, 1953
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	−1.344
Magnitude	0.3729
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	62°12′S 114°42′W / 62.2°S 114.7°W / -62.2; -114.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	15:55:03
References
Saros	154 (3 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9405

A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 9, 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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1950–1953

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.

References

External links

• http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot1951/SE1953Aug09P.GIF

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