September 1960 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
September 5, 1960
(No photo)
Lunar eclipse chart close-1960Sep05.png
The Moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 127 (39 of 72)
Gamma 0.2422
Magnitude 1.4239
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality1:26:40
Partial3:30:50
Penumbral5:26:44
Contacts UTC
P18:38:30
U19:36:27
U210:38:30
Greatest11:21:51
U312:05:12
U413:07:15
P414:05:12

A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, September 5, 1960. The Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow. [1]

Contents

This is the 39th member of Lunar Saros 127. The previous event is the August 1942 lunar eclipse. The next event is the September 1978 lunar eclipse.

Visibility

It was visible over the Pacific Ocean, and seen rising over Asia and Australia, and setting over North and South America.

Lunar eclipse from moon-1960Sep05.png

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
Lunar eclipse chart close-1958Apr04.png
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

Lunar saros series 127, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 54 umbral lunar eclipses (38 partial lunar eclipses and 16 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 134 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

GreatestFirst

The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1888 Jul 23, lasting 102 minutes.
PenumbralPartialTotalCentral
1275 Jul 091473 Nov 041798 May 291834 Jun 21
Last
CentralTotalPartialPenumbral
1960 Sep 052068 Nov 092429 Jun 172555 Sep 02
1901–2100
1906 Aug 04 1924 Aug 14 1942 Aug 26
Lunar eclipse chart close-1906Aug04.png Lunar eclipse from moon-1906Aug04.png Lunar eclipse chart close-1924Aug14.png Lunar eclipse from moon-1924Aug14.png Lunar eclipse chart close-1942Aug26.png Lunar eclipse from moon-1942Aug26.png
1960 Sep 05 1978 Sep 16 1996 Sep 27
Lunar eclipse chart close-1960Sep05.png Lunar eclipse from moon-1960Sep05.png Lunar eclipse chart close-1978Sep16.png Lunar eclipse from moon-1978Sep16.png Lunar eclipse chart close-1996Sep27.png Lunar eclipse from moon-1996Sep27.png
2014 Oct 08 2032 Oct 18 2050 Oct 30
Lunar eclipse chart close-2014Oct08.png Lunar eclipse from moon-2014Oct08.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2032Oct18.png Lunar eclipse from moon-2032Oct18.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2050Oct30.png Lunar eclipse from moon-2050Oct30.png
2068 Nov 09
Lunar eclipse chart close-2068Nov09.png Lunar eclipse from moon-2068Nov09.png


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