September 1960 lunar eclipse
Total Lunar Eclipse September 5, 1960 | |
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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 | 127 (39 of 72) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | |
Partial | |
Penumbral | |
Contacts | |
P1 | UTC |
U1 | |
U2 | |
Greatest | |
U3 | |
U4 | |
P4 |
A total lunar eclipse took place on September 5, 1960. The moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.[1]
Visibility
It was visible over the Pacific Ocean, and seen rising over Asia and Australia, and setting over North and South America.
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
See also
Notes
External links
- 1960 Sep 05 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC