| Solar eclipse of June 30, 1954 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.6135 |
| Magnitude | 1.0357 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 2m 35s |
| Coordinates | 60.5N 4.2E |
| Max. width of band | 153 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 12:32:38 |
| References | |
| Saros | 126 (44 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9408 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on June 30, 1954. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
Totality began at sunrise over the United States over Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, and crossed into Canada, across southern Greenland, and Iceland, then into Europe, across Sweden, Norway, and eastern Europe. It ended before sunset over Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and ending in northwestern India.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours 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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 116 | July 11, 1953 Partial |
121 | January 5, 1954 Annular |
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| 126 | June 30, 1954 Total |
131 | December 25, 1954 Annular |
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| 136 | June 20, 1955 Total |
141 | December 14, 1955 Annular |
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| 146 | June 8, 1956 Total |
151 | December 2, 1956 Partial |
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It is a part of Saros cycle 126, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 10, 1179. It contains annular eclipses from June 4, 1323 through April 4, 1810 and hybrid eclipses from April 14, 1828 through May 6, 1864. It contains total eclipses from May 17, 1882 through August 23, 2044. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on May 3, 2459. The longest duration of central eclipse (annular or total) was 5 minutes, 46 seconds of annularity on November 22, 1593. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 36 seconds on July 10, 1972.[1]
Series members 39-49 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 39 | 40 | 41 |
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June 8, 1918 |
June 19, 1936 |
June 30, 1954 |
| 42 | 43 | 44 |
July 10, 1972 |
July 22, 1990 |
August 1, 2008 |
| 45 | 46 | 47 |
August 12, 2026 |
August 23, 2044 |
September 3, 2062 |
| 48 | 49 | |
September 13, 2080 |
September 25, 2098 |
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).
This series has 22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011.
| September 11-12 | June 30-July 1 | April 18-19 | February 4-5 | November 22-23 |
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| 114 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 |
September 12, 1931 |
June 30, 1935 |
April 19, 1939 |
February 4, 1943 |
November 23, 1946 |
| 124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
September 12, 1950 |
June 30, 1954 |
April 19, 1958 |
February 5, 1962 |
November 23, 1965 |
| 134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
September 11, 1969 |
June 30, 1973 |
April 18, 1977 |
February 4, 1981 |
November 22, 1984 |
| 144 | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 |
September 11, 1988 |
June 30, 1992 |
April 17, 1996 |
February 5, 2000 |
November 23, 2003 |
| 154 | 156 | |||
September 11, 2007 |
July 1, 2011 |
