November 1976 lunar eclipse

November 1976 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
Date	6 November 1976
Gamma	−1.12706
Magnitude	0.83827
Saros cycle	145 (9 of 71)
Penumbral	265 minutes, 52.1 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	20:48:16.6 (6 Nov)
Greatest	23:01:12.4 (6 Nov)
P4	01:14:08.7 (7 Nov)
	← May 1976 April 1977 →

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, November 6, 1976, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1976, the first being on May 13. This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 83.827% 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 4 hours, 25 minutes and 52.1 seconds. Occurring only 0.3 days after apogee (Apogee on Saturday, November 6, 1976), the Moon's apparent diameter was 6.5% smaller than average.^[1]

Saros series

This is the 9th member of Lunar Saros 145. The previous event was the October 1958 lunar eclipse. The next event is the November 1994 lunar eclipse. Solar Saros 152 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Eclipse season

This event followed the Total solar eclipse of October 23, 1976.

Visibility

The eclipse was visible over Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, seen rising over Americas and setting over Asia and Australia.

Chart of Moon's path through the Earth's shadow
The orientation of the Earth as viewed from the center of the Moon during greatest eclipse

Related lunar eclipses

Eclipses in 1976

An annular solar eclipse on Thursday, 29 April 1976.
A partial lunar eclipse on Thursday, 13 May 1976.
A total solar eclipse on Saturday, 23 October 1976.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on Saturday, 6 November 1976.

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1973–1976
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
110	1973 Jun 15	Penumbral	−1.32166	115	1973 Dec 10	Partial	0.96441
120	1974 Jun 04	Partial	−0.54887	125	1974 Nov 29	Total	0.30540
130	1975 May 25	Total	0.23674	135	1975 Nov 18	Total	−0.41343
140	1976 May 13	Partial	0.95860	145	1976 Nov 06	Penumbral	−1.12760

Last set	1973 Jul 15			Last set	1973 Jan 18

Next set	1977 Apr 04			Next set	1977 Sep 27

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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 152.