Solar eclipse of December 25, 1954
| Solar eclipse of December 25, 1954 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.2576 |
| Magnitude | 0.9323 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 459 sec (7 m 39 s) |
| Coordinates | 38°24′S 68°12′E / 38.4°S 68.2°E |
| Max. width of band | 262 km (163 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 7:36:42 |
| References | |
| Saros | 131 (47 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9409 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on December 25, 1954. 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.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1953-1956
Each member 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.
Note: Partial solar eclipse of February 14, 1953 and August 9, 1953 belong to the last lunar year set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1953–1956 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 116 |  July 11, 1953 Partial |
121 |  January 5, 1954 Annular | |
| 126 |  June 30, 1954 Total |
131 | December 25, 1954 Annular | |
| 136 |  June 20, 1955 Total |
141 |  December 14, 1955 Annular | |
| 146 |  June 8, 1956 Total |
151 |  December 2, 1956 Partial | |
Saros 131
It is a part of Saros cycle 131, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 1, 1125. It contains total eclipses from March 27, 1522 through May 30, 1612 and hybrid eclipses from June 10, 1630 through July 24, 1702, and annular eclipses from August 4, 1720 through June 18, 2243. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on September 2, 2369. The longest duration of totality was only 58 seconds on May 30, 1612.[1]
| Series members 46–56 occur between 1901 and 2100 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 46 | 47 | 48 |
 December 3, 1918 |
 December 13, 1936 |
December 25, 1954 |
| 49 | 50 | 51 |
 January 4, 1973 |
 January 15, 1991 |
 January 26, 2009 |
| 52 | 53 | 54 |
 February 6, 2027 |
 February 16, 2045 |
 February 28, 2063 |
| 55 | 56 | |
 March 10, 2081 |
 March 21, 2099 | |
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).
| 21 eclipse events between July 31, 1924 and July 31, 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31-Aug 1 | May 19-20 | March 7 | December 24-25 | October 12 |
| 115 | 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 |
 July 31, 1924 |
 May 19, 1928 |
 March 7, 1932 |
 December 25, 1935 |
 October 12, 1939 |
| 125 | 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 |
 August 1, 1943 |
 May 20, 1947 |
 March 7, 1951 |
December 25, 1954 |
 October 12, 1958 |
| 135 | 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 |
 July 31, 1962 |
 May 20, 1966 |
 March 7, 1970 |
 December 24, 1973 |
 October 12, 1977 |
| 145 | 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 |
 July 31, 1981 |
 May 19, 1985 |
 March 7, 1989 |
 December 24, 1992 |
 October 12, 1996 |
| 155 | ||||
 July 31, 2000 | ||||
References
- Notes
- Sources
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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