August 1952 lunar eclipse

August 1952 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse
Date	August 5, 1952
Gamma	−0.7383
Magnitude	0.5317
Saros cycle	118 (48 of 74)
Partiality	147 minutes and 10 seconds
Penumbral	278 minutes and 22 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	17:28:13
U1	18:33:49
Greatest	19:47:55
U4	21:01:00
P4	22:06:35
	← February 1952 January 1953 →

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, August 5, 1952. The Earth's shadow on the Moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 53.2% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 27 minutes. The Moon's apparent diameter was larger and Supermoon because the eclipse occurred only 45 minutes before perigee.^[1]

Visibility

The partial eclipse was visible from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, seen rising over eastern South America and Atlantic, and setting over Pacific.

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1951–1955
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date viewing	Type chart	Saros	Date viewing	Type chart
103	1951 Feb 21	Penumbral	108	1951 Aug 17	Penumbral
113	1952 Feb 11	Partial	118	1952 Aug 5	Partial
123	1953 Jan 29	Total	128	1953 Jul 26	Total
133	1954 Jan 19	Total	138	1954 Jul 16	Partial
143	1955 Jan 8	Penumbral

Last set	1951 Mar 23		Last set	1951 Sep 15

Next set	1955 Nov 29		Next set	1955 Jun 5

Half-Saros cycle

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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 125.

August 1, 1943	August 11, 1961

Notes

^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 118
^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links

1952 Aug 05 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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[1] Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 118

[2] Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

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