July 1981 lunar eclipse
Appearance
Partial Lunar Eclipse July 17, 1981 | |
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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 | 119 (60 of 83) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Partial | 2:43:13 |
Penumbral | 5:19:37 |
Contacts | |
P1 | 02:06:59 UTC |
U1 | 03:25:15 |
Greatest | 04:46:48 |
U4 | 06:08:28 |
P4 | 07:26:36 |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on July 17, 1981.[1]
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1980–1984 | ||||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
109 | 1980 Jul 27![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
1.41391 | 114 | 1981 Jan 20![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
−1.01421 | |
119 | 1981 Jul 17![]() |
Partial![]() |
0.70454 | 124 | 1982 Jan 09![]() |
Total![]() |
−0.29158 | |
129 | 1982 Jul 06![]() |
Total![]() |
−0.05792 | 134 | 1982 Dec 30![]() |
Total![]() |
0.37579 | |
139 | 1983 Jun 25![]() |
Partial![]() |
−0.81520 | 144 | 1983 Dec 20![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
1.07468 | |
149 | 1984 Jun 13![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
−1.52403 | |||||
Last set | 1980 Aug 26 | Last set | 1980 Mar 13 | |||||
Next set | 1984 May 15 | Next set | 1984 Nov 08 |
See also
Notes
External links
- 1981 Jul 17 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC