Solar eclipse of January 5, 1954
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, January 5, 1954,[1] with a magnitude of 0.972. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 7.5 days after apogee (on December 28, 1953, at 15:10 UTC) and 5.3 days before perigee (on January 10, 1954, at 9:40 UTC).[2]
Annularity was visible from a part of Antarctica. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica and Oceania.
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.[3]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1954 January 5 at 00:14:31.4 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 1954 January 5 at 01:49:19.1 UTC |
| First Central Line | 1954 January 5 at 01:52:10.6 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 1954 January 5 at 01:52:10.6 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 1954 January 5 at 01:55:13.3 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1954 January 5 at 02:10:41.6 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1954 January 5 at 02:21:50.0 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1954 January 5 at 02:32:00.6 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 1954 January 5 at 03:09:05.0 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 1954 January 5 at 03:12:04.6 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 1954 January 5 at 03:14:52.9 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1954 January 5 at 04:49:32.8 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.97203 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.94484 |
| Gamma | −0.92960 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 19h01m47.3s |
| Sun Declination | -22°41'10.7" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'15.9" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 19h02m34.8s |
| Moon Declination | -23°33'33.5" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'43.5" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°57'42.6" |
| ΔT | 30.7 s |
Eclipse season
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| January 5 Ascending node (new moon) |
January 19 Descending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| File:SE1954Jan05A.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1954Jan19.png |
| Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 121 |
Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 133 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1954
- An annular solar eclipse on January 5.
- A total lunar eclipse on January 19.
- A total solar eclipse on June 30.
- A partial lunar eclipse on July 16.
- An annular solar eclipse on December 25.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1950
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 23, 1957
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 1946
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 1961
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 29, 1944
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 9, 1963
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 4, 1943
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 1964
Solar Saros 121
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 1935
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 1972
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 24, 1925
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 15, 1982
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 6, 1867
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2040
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.[4]
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 File:SE1953Jul11P.png Partial |
1.4388 | 121 | January 5, 1954 File:SE1954Jan05A.png Annular |
−0.9296 | |
| 126 | June 30, 1954 File:SE1954Jun30T.png Total |
0.6135 | 131 | December 25, 1954 File:SE1954Dec25A.png Annular |
−0.2576 | |
| 136 | June 20, 1955 File:SE1955Jun20T.png Total |
−0.1528 | 141 | December 14, 1955 File:SE1955Dec14A.png Annular |
0.4266 | |
| 146 | June 8, 1956 File:SE1956Jun08T.png Total |
−0.8934 | 151 | December 2, 1956 File:SE1956Dec02P.png Partial |
1.0923 | |
Saros 121
Template:Solar Saros series 121
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 ascending node.
Tritos series
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Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2011 November 25
Notes
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References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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