Partial Lunar Eclipse March 2, 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 | 132 (27 of 71) |
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A partial lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, March 2, 1961, the first of two partial lunar eclipses in 1961.
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | |
102 | 1958 Apr 4 | Penumbral | ||||
112 | 1959 Mar 24 | Partial | 117 | 1959 Sep 17 | Penumbral | |
122 | 1960 Mar 13 | Total | 127 | 1960 Sep 5 | Total | |
132 | 1961 Mar 2 | Partial | 137 | 1961 Aug 26 | Partial | |
142 | 1962 Feb 19 | Penumbral | 147 | 1962 Aug 15 | Penumbral | |
Last set | 1958 May 3 | Last set | 1958 Oct 27 | |||
Next set | 1963 Jan 9 | Next set | 1962 Jul 17 |
Lunar saros series 132, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 44 umbral lunar eclipses (32 partial lunar eclipses and 12 total lunar eclipses).
Greatest | First | |||
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The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2123 Jun 9, lasting 106 minutes. [1] | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
1492 May 12 | 1636 Aug 16 | 2015 Apr 4 | 2069 May 6 | |
Last | ||||
Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
2177 Jul 11 | 2213 Aug 2 | 2429 Dec 11 | 2754 Jun 26 |
There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on earth.
1907 Jan 29 | 1925 Feb 8 | 1943 Feb 20 | |||
1961 Mar 2 | 1979 Mar 13 | 1997 Mar 24 | |||
2015 Apr 4 | 2033 Apr 14 | 2051 Apr 26 | |||
2069 May 6 | 2087 May 17 | ||||
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). [2] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 139.
February 25, 1952 | March 7, 1970 |
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A total lunar eclipse took place at 0308 UT (GMT) on Thursday, August 17, 1989, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 1989.
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Monday, March 24, 1997, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1997.
A total lunar eclipse took place on 4 April 2015. It is the former of two total lunar eclipses in 2015, and the third in a tetrad. Other eclipses in the tetrad are those of 15 April 2014, 8 October 2014, and 28 September 2015.
A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, October 28, 1985, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 1985, the first being on May 4, 1985.
A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, April 24, 1986, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 1986, the second being on October 17, 1986. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour, 3 minutes and 34.8 seconds, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 20.217% 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, 18 minutes and 46.8 seconds in total. The Moon was just 1.2 days before perigee, making it 5.3% larger than average.
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A total lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, September 16, 1978, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 1978. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour, 18 minutes and 39 seconds, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 32.683% 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, 27 minutes and 11.6 seconds in total.
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, March 13, 1979, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1979. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 3 hours, 17 minutes and 40.6 seconds, with 85.377% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.
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A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, May 13, 1957, the third of fourteen total lunar eclipses of Lunar Saros 130. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour and 18 minutes, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 30% 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 32 minutes in total.
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A total lunar eclipse will take place on June 6, 2058. The moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow.
A total lunar eclipse will take place on June 28, 2094. The moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. While the visual effect of a total eclipse is variable, the Moon may be stained a deep orange or red color at maximum eclipse. With a gamma value of only 0.0288 and an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.8234, this is the greatest eclipse in Saros series 131 as well as the second largest and darkest lunar eclipse of the 21st century.
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