Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953

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| previous = Solar eclipse of August 20, 1952

| next = Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953

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A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Friday, February 13 and Saturday, February 14, 1953,{{cite web|title=February 13–14, 1953 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/1953-february-14|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=5 August 2024}} 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.{{cite web|title=Partial Solar Eclipse of 1953 Feb 14|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1901-2000/SE1953Feb14Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=5 August 2024}}

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|+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

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|+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.

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|+ Eclipse season of January–February 1953

! January 29
Descending node (full moon) !! February 14
Ascending node (new moon)

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| Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 123

Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 149