August 1961 lunar eclipse

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Partial Lunar Eclipse
August 26, 1961
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The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 137 (25 of 81)
Gamma -0.4894
Magnitude 0.9863
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial3:06:00
Penumbral5:01:24
Contacts (UTC)
P10:38:09
U11:35:51
Greatest3:08:51
U44:41:51
P45:39:33

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, August 26, 1961, the second of two partial lunar eclipses in 1961. This nearly total lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 137 preceded the first total eclipse on September 6, 1979. [1] It took place around lunar perigee, therefore as a result, the Moon appeared larger than usual. It was the largest partial lunar eclipse since October 28, 1939, making it the second largest partial lunar eclipse of the 20th century.

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Visibility

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Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1958–1962
Ascending node Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
SarosDate
Viewing
Type
Chart
102 1958 Apr 4
Lunar eclipse from moon-1958Apr04.png
Penumbral
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112 1959 Mar 24
Lunar eclipse from moon-1959Mar24.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1959Mar24.png
117 1959 Sep 17
Lunar eclipse from moon-1959Sep17.png
Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-1959Sep17.png
122 1960 Mar 13
Lunar eclipse from moon-1960Mar13.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1960Mar13.png
127 1960 Sep 5
Lunar eclipse from moon-1960Sep05.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1960Sep05.png
132 1961 Mar 2
Lunar eclipse from moon-1961Mar02.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1961Mar02.png
137 1961 Aug 26
Lunar eclipse from moon-1961Aug26.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1961Aug26.png
142 1962 Feb 19
Lunar eclipse from moon-1962Feb19.png
Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-1962Feb19.png
147 1962 Aug 15
Lunar eclipse from moon-1962Aug15.png
Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-1962Aug15.png
Last set 1958 May 3 Last set 1958 Oct 27
Next set 1963 Jan 9 Next set 1962 Jul 17

Saros series

It is part of Saros series 137.

Tritos series

Tzolkinex

See also

Notes


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