A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Friday, March 23, 1951. This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 64% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth (none of it was in total shadow), which caused a gentle shadow gradient across its disc at maximum; the eclipse as a whole lasted 3 hours and 34 minutes.
Visibility
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Member
editThis is the 20th member of Lunar Saros 141. The previous event was the March 1933 lunar eclipse. The next event is the April 1969 lunar eclipse.
Related lunar eclipses
editLunar year series
edit| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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| Saros | Date viewing |
Type chart |
Saros | Date 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
| |
Saros series
editLunar Saros 141, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 26 total lunar eclipses.
First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1608 Aug 25
First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2041 May 16
First Total Lunar Eclipse: 2167 Aug 01
First Central Lunar Eclipse: 2221 Sep 02
Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 141: 2293 Oct 16
Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 2546 Mar 18
Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2618 May 01
Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2744 Jul 16
Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2888 Oct 11
1901-2100
March 1951 lunar eclipse
See also
editNotes
editExternal links
edit- 1951 Mar 23 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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