September 1959 lunar eclipse
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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, September 17, 1959.[1]
Visibility[edit]
Related lunar eclipses[edit]
Lunar year series[edit]
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
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Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
102 | 1958 Apr 04![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
-1.53805 | |||||
112 | 1959 Mar 24![]() |
Partial![]() |
-0.87571 | 117 | 1959 Sep 17![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
1.02963 | |
122 | 1960 Mar 13![]() |
Total![]() |
-0.17990 | 127 | 1960 Sep 05![]() |
Total![]() |
0.24219 | |
132 | 1961 Mar 02![]() |
Partial![]() |
0.55406 | 137 | 1961 Aug 26![]() |
Partial![]() |
-0.48947 | |
142 | 1962 Feb 19![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
1.25115 | 147 | 1962 Aug 15![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
-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[edit]
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 124.
September 12, 1950 | September 22, 1968 |
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See also[edit]
Notes[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