Solar eclipse of January 5, 1954


An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, January 5, 1954, 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. 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 and 5.3 days before perigee.
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.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact1954 January 5 at 00:14:31.4 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1954 January 5 at 01:49:19.1 UTC
First Central Line1954 January 5 at 01:52:10.6 UTC
Greatest Duration1954 January 5 at 01:52:10.6 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1954 January 5 at 01:55:13.3 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1954 January 5 at 02:10:41.6 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1954 January 5 at 02:21:50.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1954 January 5 at 02:32:00.6 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1954 January 5 at 03:09:05.0 UTC
Last Central Line1954 January 5 at 03:12:04.6 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1954 January 5 at 03:14:52.9 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1954 January 5 at 04:49:32.8 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.97203
Eclipse Obscuration0.94484
Gamma−0.92960
Sun Right Ascension19h01m47.3s
Sun Declination-22°41'10.7"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'15.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension19h02m34.8s
Moon Declination-23°33'33.5"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'43.5"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°57'42.6"
ΔT30.7 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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.
January 5
Ascending node
January 19
Descending node
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 121		Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 133

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1954

An annular solar eclipse on January 5.

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 121

Inex

Triad