A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, September 17, 1959.[1]
Visibility
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Related lunar eclipses
editLunar year series
edit| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
| 102 | 1958 Apr 04
|
Penumbral
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-1.53805 | |||||
| 112 | 1959 Mar 24
|
Partial
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-0.87571 | 117 | 1959 Sep 17
|
Penumbral
|
1.02963 | |
| 122 | 1960 Mar 13
|
Total
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-0.17990 | 127 | 1960 Sep 05
|
Total
|
0.24219 | |
| 132 | 1961 Mar 02
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Partial
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0.55406 | 137 | 1961 Aug 26
|
Partial
|
-0.48947 | |
| 142 | 1962 Feb 19
|
Penumbral
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1.25115 | 147 | 1962 Aug 15
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Penumbral
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-1.22104 | |
| Last set | 1958 May 03 | Last set | 1958 Oct 27 | |||||
| Next set | 1963 Jan 09 | Next set | 1962 Jul 17 | |||||
Half-Saros cycle
editA 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 124.
| September 12, 1950 | September 22, 1968 |
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See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 117
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
edit- 1959 Sep 17 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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