December 1963 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
December 30, 1963
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The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 124 (46 of 74)
Gamma -0.2889
Magnitude 1.3350
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality1:18:07
Partial3:24:18
Penumbral5:19:57
Contacts UTC
P18:27:25
U19:25:16
U210:28:22
Greatest11:07:25
U311:46:28
U412:49:34
P413:27:25

A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, December 30, 1963. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour and 18 minutes, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 33.5% of its diameter inside the Earth's umbral shadow. The visual effect of this depends on the state of the Earth's atmosphere, but the Moon may have been stained a deep red colour. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 24 minutes in total. [1]

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Visibility

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Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1962–1965
Descending node Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
SarosDate
Viewing
Type
Chart
109 1962 Jul 17
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Penumbral
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114 1963 Jan 9
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Penumbral
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119 1963 Jul 6
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Partial
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124 1963 Dec 30
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Total
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129 1964 Jun 25
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Total
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134 1964 Dec 19
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Total
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139 1965 Jun 14
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Partial
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144 1965 Dec 8
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Penumbral
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Last set 1962 Aug 15 Last set 1962 Feb 19
Next set 1966 May 4 Next set 1966 Oct 29

Saros series

It was part of Saros series 124.

Tritos

Tzolkinex

See also

Notes


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