July 1935 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, July 16, 1935. It was a central eclipse, passing through the darkest part of the shadow.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

It is part of Saros series 128

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1933–1936

Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
103	1933 Feb 10	Penumbral		108	1933 Aug 05	Penumbral
113	1934 Jan 30	Partial		118	1934 Jul 26	Partial
123	1935 Jan 19	Total		128	1935 Jul 16	Total
133	1936 Jan 08	Total		138	1936 Jul 04	Partial
143	1936 Dec 28	Penumbral

Saros series

Lunar saros series 128, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 57 umbral eclipses (42 partial lunar eclipses and 15 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1953 Jul 26, lasting 100.7 minutes.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1304 Jun 18	1430 Sep 2	1845 May 21	1899 Jun 23
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2007 Aug 28	2097 May 21	2440 May 17	2566 Aug 2

1901–2100

1917 Jul 4		1935 Jul 16		1953 Jul 26
1971 Aug 6		1989 Aug 17		2007 Aug 28
2025 Sep 7		2043 Sep 19		2061 Sep 29
2079 Oct 10		2097 Oct 21

Lunar Saros 128 contains 15 total lunar eclipses between 1845 and 2097 (in years 1845, 1863, 1881, 1899, 1917, 1935, 1953, 1971, 1989, 2007, 2025, 2043, 2061, 2079 and 2097). Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 135.

July 9, 1926	July 20, 1944

See also

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

External links

• 1935 Jul 16 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC