October 1949 lunar eclipse
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Total Lunar Eclipse October 7, 1949 | |
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(No photo) | |
![]() The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
Series | 126 (42 of 72) |
Gamma | -0.3219 |
Magnitude | 1.2236 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | 1:12:50 |
Partial | 3:42:53 |
Penumbral | 6:09:11 |
Contacts UTC | |
P1 | 23:52:19 |
U1 | 1:05:28 |
U2 | 2:50:31 |
Greatest | 2:56:55 |
U3 | 3:33:19 |
U4 | 4:48:22 |
P4 | 6:01:31 |
A total lunar eclipse took place on Friday, October 7, 1949.
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
111 | 1948 Apr 23![]() |
Partial![]() |
116 | 1948 Oct 18![]() |
Penumbral![]() | |
121 | 1949 Apr 13![]() |
Total![]() |
126 | 1949 Oct 07![]() |
Total![]() | |
131 | 1950 Apr 02![]() |
Total![]() |
136 | 1950 Sep 26![]() |
Total![]() | |
141 | 1951 Mar 23![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
146 | 1951 Sep 15![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
Saros series
It is part of saros series 126.
Lunar saros series 126, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 70 lunar eclipse events including 14 total lunar eclipses. Solar Saros 133 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.
First penumbral lunar eclipse: 18 July 1228
First partial lunar eclipse: 24 March 1625
First total lunar eclipse: 19 June 1769
First central lunar eclipse: 11 July 1805
Greatest eclipse of the lunar saros 126: 13 August 1859, lasting 106 minutes.
Last central lunar eclipse: 26 September 1931
Last total lunar eclipse: 9 November 2003
Last partial lunar eclipse: 5 June 2346
Last penumbral lunar eclipse: 19 August 2472
1901-2100
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 133.
October 1, 1940 | October 12, 1958 |
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Tritos
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of November 7, 1938
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of September 5, 1960
Tzolkinex
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of August 26, 1942
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 1956
See also
Notes
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 1949 Oct 07 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC