October 1948 lunar eclipse

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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Monday, October 18, 1948. It was a relatively rare total penumbral lunar eclipse where the moon passes entirely within the penumbral shadow, but not at all in the darker umbral shadow. In a rare total penumbral eclipse, the entire Moon was partially shaded by the Earth (though none of it was in complete shadow), and the shading across the Moon should have been quite visible at maximum eclipse. The penumbral phase lasted for 4 hours and 40 minutes in all, though for most of it, the eclipse was extremely difficult or impossible to see.

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Visibility

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Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1947–1951
Descending node Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
SarosDate
Viewing
Type
Chart
111 1948 Apr 23
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Partial
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116 1948 Oct 18
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Penumbral
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121 1949 Apr 13
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Total
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126 1949 Oct 07
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Total
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131 1950 Apr 02
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Total
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136 1950 Sep 26
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Total
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141 1951 Mar 23
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Penumbral
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146 1951 Sep 15
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Penumbral
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Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). [1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 123.

October 12, 1939 October 23, 1957
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See also

Notes

  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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