May 1956 lunar eclipse

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Partial Lunar Eclipse
May 24, 1956
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 120 (55 of 84)
Gamma -0.4726
Magnitude 0.9647
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial 3:24:30
Penumbral 5:48:30
Contacts (UTC)
P1 12:37:37
U1 13:49:37
Greatest 15:31:52
U4 17:14:07
P4 18:26:07

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, May 24, 1956. It was the first eclipse of the last partial set in Saros series 120.[1]

Visibility[edit]

Related lunar eclipses[edit]

Lunar year series[edit]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1955–1958
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
110 1955 Jun 5
Penumbral
115 1955 Nov 29
Partial
120 1956 May 24
Partial
125 1956 Nov 18
Total
130 1957 May 13
Total
135 1957 Nov 7
Total
140 1958 May 3
Partial
145 1958 Oct 27
Penumbral
Last set 1954 Jul 16 Last set 1955 Jan 8
Next set 1958 Apr 4 Next set 1959 Sep 17

Tritos series[edit]

The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.

This series produces 20 total eclipses between April 24, 1967 and August 11, 2185, only being partial on November 19, 2021.

Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2087)
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
chart
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
chart
115 1901 Oct 27
Partial
116 1912 Sep 26
Partial
117 1923 Aug 26
Partial
118 1934 Jul 26
Partial
119 1945 Jun 25
Partial
120 1956 May 24
Partial
121 1967 Apr 24
Total
122 1978 Mar 24
Total
123 1989 Feb 20
Total
124 2000 Jan 21
Total
125 2010 Dec 21
Total
126 2021 Nov 19
Partial
127 2032 Oct 18
Total
128 2043 Sep 19
Total
129 2054 Aug 18
Total
130 2065 Jul 17
Total
131 2076 Jun 17
Total
132 2087 May 17
Total
133 2098 Apr 15
Total

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 127.

May 20, 1947 May 30, 1965

Tzolkinex[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 120
  2. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

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