Solar eclipse of December 25, 1954
20th-century annular solar eclipse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An annular solar eclipse occurred on December 25, 1954, also known as "The Christmas 1954 solar eclipse". 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 kilometers wide. Annularity was visible from the southwestern tip of South West Africa (Now Namibia), Union of South Africa (Now South Africa), Ashmore and Cartier Islands except Cartier Island, Indonesia and Portuguese Timor (Now East Timor).
Solar eclipse of December 25, 1954 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.2576 |
Magnitude | 0.9323 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 459 s (7 min 39 s) |
Coordinates | 38.4°S 68.2°E / -38.4; 68.2 |
Max. width of band | 262 km (163 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 7:36:42 |
References | |
Saros | 131 (47 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9409 |