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.[1]
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 to 1956 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 116 |  1953 July 11 Partial |
121 |  1954 January 5 Annular | |
| 126 |  1954 June 30 Total |
131 |  1954 December 25 Annular | |
| 136 |  1955 June 20 Total |
141 |  1955 December 14 Annular | |
| 146 |  1956 June 8 Total |
151 |  1956 December 2 Partial | |
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- ^ 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.