Solar eclipse of August 20, 1952
An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, August 20, 1952,[1] with a magnitude of 0.942. 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. Occurring 1.2 days after apogee (on August 19, 1952, at 12:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.[2]
Annularity was visible from Peru including the capital city Lima, northeastern Chile, Bolivia including the constitutional capital Sucre and seat of government La Paz, Argentina, Paraguay, southern Brazil and Uruguay. A partial eclipse was visible for most of Central America, the Caribbean, and 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.[3]
Event | Time (UTC) |
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First Penumbral External Contact | 1952 August 20 at 12:22:27.8 UTC |
First Umbral External Contact | 1952 August 20 at 13:36:36.8 UTC |
First Central Line | 1952 August 20 at 13:39:39.7 UTC |
First Umbral Internal Contact | 1952 August 20 at 13:42:44.8 UTC |
Greatest Duration | 1952 August 20 at 15:00:09.1 UTC |
Greatest Eclipse | 1952 August 20 at 15:13:35.2 UTC |
Ecliptic Conjunction | 1952 August 20 at 15:20:50.2 UTC |
Equatorial Conjunction | 1952 August 20 at 15:48:35.8 UTC |
Last Umbral Internal Contact | 1952 August 20 at 16:44:03.7 UTC |
Last Central Line | 1952 August 20 at 16:47:08.7 UTC |
Last Umbral External Contact | 1952 August 20 at 16:50:11.3 UTC |
Last Penumbral External Contact | 1952 August 20 at 18:04:27.3 UTC |
Parameter | Value |
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Eclipse Magnitude | 0.94203 |
Eclipse Obscuration | 0.88742 |
Gamma | −0.61023 |
Sun Right Ascension | 09h58m50.8s |
Sun Declination | +12°20'20.6" |
Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'48.6" |
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
Moon Right Ascension | 09h57m52.3s |
Moon Declination | +11°50'44.7" |
Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'43.1" |
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°54'01.0" |
ΔT | 30.2 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.
August 5 Ascending node (full moon) | August 20 Descending node (new moon) |
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Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 118 | Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 144 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1952
- A partial lunar eclipse on February 11.
- A total solar eclipse on February 25.
- A partial lunar eclipse on August 5.
- An annular solar eclipse on August 20.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 1, 1948
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 8, 1956
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1945
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 1959
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 15, 1943
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 26, 1961
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 20, 1963
Solar Saros 144
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 10, 1934
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 31, 1970
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 10, 1923
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 31, 1981
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 19, 1865
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2039
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.[4]
The partial solar eclipse on July 11, 1953 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1950 to 1953 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
119 | March 18, 1950![]() Annular (non-central) | 0.9988 | 124 | September 12, 1950![]() Total | 0.8903 | |
129 | March 7, 1951![]() Annular | −0.242 | 134 | September 1, 1951![]() Annular | 0.1557 | |
139 | February 25, 1952![]() Total | 0.4697 | 144 | August 20, 1952![]() Annular | −0.6102 | |
149 | February 14, 1953![]() Partial | 1.1331 | 154 | August 9, 1953![]() Partial | −1.344 |
Saros 144
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 144, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 11, 1736. It contains annular eclipses from July 7, 1880 through August 27, 2565. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 5, 2980. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 51 at 9 minutes, 52 seconds on December 29, 2168. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[5]
Series members 5–26 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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5 | 6 | 7 |
![]() May 25, 1808 | ![]() June 5, 1826 | ![]() June 16, 1844 |
8 | 9 | 10 |
![]() June 27, 1862 | ![]() July 7, 1880 | ![]() July 18, 1898 |
11 | 12 | 13 |
![]() July 30, 1916 | ![]() August 10, 1934 | ![]() August 20, 1952 |
14 | 15 | 16 |
![]() August 31, 1970 | ![]() September 11, 1988 | ![]() September 22, 2006 |
17 | 18 | 19 |
![]() October 2, 2024 | ![]() October 14, 2042 | ![]() October 24, 2060 |
20 | 21 | 22 |
![]() November 4, 2078 | ![]() November 15, 2096 | ![]() November 27, 2114 |
23 | 24 | 25 |
![]() December 7, 2132 | ![]() December 19, 2150 | ![]() December 29, 2168 |
26 | ||
![]() January 9, 2187 |
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 descending node.
22 eclipse events between March 27, 1884 and August 20, 1971 | ||||
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March 27–29 | January 14 | November 1–2 | August 20–21 | June 8 |
108 | 110 | 112 | 114 | 116 |
![]() March 27, 1884 | ![]() August 20, 1895 | ![]() June 8, 1899 | ||
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
![]() March 29, 1903 | ![]() January 14, 1907 | ![]() November 2, 1910 | ![]() August 21, 1914 | ![]() June 8, 1918 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
![]() March 28, 1922 | ![]() January 14, 1926 | ![]() November 1, 1929 | ![]() August 21, 1933 | ![]() June 8, 1937 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
![]() March 27, 1941 | ![]() January 14, 1945 | ![]() November 1, 1948 | ![]() August 20, 1952 | ![]() June 8, 1956 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | |
![]() March 27, 1960 | ![]() January 14, 1964 | ![]() November 2, 1967 | ![]() August 20, 1971 |
Tritos series
This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
The partial solar eclipses on December 7, 2170 (part of Saros 164) and November 7, 2181 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.
Series members between 1801 and 2105 | ||||
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![]() September 28, 1810 (Saros 131) | ![]() August 27, 1821 (Saros 132) | ![]() July 27, 1832 (Saros 133) | ![]() June 27, 1843 (Saros 134) | ![]() May 26, 1854 (Saros 135) |
![]() April 25, 1865 (Saros 136) | ![]() March 25, 1876 (Saros 137) | ![]() February 22, 1887 (Saros 138) | ![]() January 22, 1898 (Saros 139) | ![]() December 23, 1908 (Saros 140) |
![]() November 22, 1919 (Saros 141) | ![]() October 21, 1930 (Saros 142) | ![]() September 21, 1941 (Saros 143) | ![]() August 20, 1952 (Saros 144) | ![]() July 20, 1963 (Saros 145) |
![]() June 20, 1974 (Saros 146) | ![]() May 19, 1985 (Saros 147) | ![]() April 17, 1996 (Saros 148) | ![]() March 19, 2007 (Saros 149) | ![]() February 15, 2018 (Saros 150) |
![]() January 14, 2029 (Saros 151) | ![]() December 15, 2039 (Saros 152) | ![]() November 14, 2050 (Saros 153) | ![]() October 13, 2061 (Saros 154) | ![]() September 12, 2072 (Saros 155) |
![]() August 13, 2083 (Saros 156) | ![]() July 12, 2094 (Saros 157) | ![]() June 12, 2105 (Saros 158) |
Inex series
This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
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![]() November 29, 1807 (Saros 139) | ![]() November 9, 1836 (Saros 140) | ![]() October 19, 1865 (Saros 141) |
![]() September 29, 1894 (Saros 142) | ![]() September 10, 1923 (Saros 143) | ![]() August 20, 1952 (Saros 144) |
![]() July 31, 1981 (Saros 145) | ![]() July 11, 2010 (Saros 146) | ![]() June 21, 2039 (Saros 147) |
![]() May 31, 2068 (Saros 148) | ![]() May 11, 2097 (Saros 149) | ![]() April 22, 2126 (Saros 150) |
![]() April 2, 2155 (Saros 151) | ![]() March 12, 2184 (Saros 152) |
Notes
- ^ "August 20, 1952 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 1952 Aug 20". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 144". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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