September 1950 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, September 25, 1950 and Tuesday, September 26, 1950, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 1950. This total lunar eclipse was very shallow because it had an umbral eclipse magnitude of only 1.07834. This was the first of 27 total lunar eclipses of Saros cycle 136. Gamma had a value of 0.41012 and umbral eclipse magnitude of only 1.07834. Totality lasted 44 minutes and 16 seconds. The moon entered the penumbra at 01:21:40 UTC and exited the penumbra at 07:11:49 UTC on the same day (September 26, 1950). The moon entered the umbra at 02:31:47 UTC and exited at 06:01:34 UTC. Totality lasted 44 minutes and 16 seconds, between 03:54:28 UTC and 04:38:49 UTC.

This event followed the total solar eclipse of Tuesday, 12 September 1950. Occurring only 5 days (120 hours) before apogee (Apogee on October 1, 1950), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

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Related eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1947–1951
Descending node			Ascending node
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