March 1959 lunar eclipse
Partial Lunar Eclipse March 24, 1959 | |
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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 | 112 (62 of 72) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Partial | |
Penumbral | |
Contacts | |
P1 | UTC |
U1 | |
Greatest | |
U4 | |
P4 |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on March 24, 1959.[1]
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
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 |
Saros series
Lunar Saros series 112, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 15 total lunar eclipses.
First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 859 May 20
First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 985 Aug 03
First Total Lunar Eclipse: 1364 Mar 18
First Central Lunar Eclipse: 1436 Apr 30
Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 112: 1490 Jun 02
Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1562 Jul 16
Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 1616 Aug 27
Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2013 Apr 25
Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2139 Jul 12
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1490 Jun 02, lasting 100 minutes.
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 solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.
March 18, 1950 | March 28, 1968 |
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See also
Notes
- ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 112
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 1959 Mar 24 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC