| Partial Lunar Eclipse March 2, 1961 | |
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 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 132 (27 of 71) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
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| Penumbral | |
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| P1 | UTC |
| U1 | |
| Greatest | |
| U4 | |
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A partial lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, March 2, 1961, the first of two partial lunar eclipses in 1961.
Visibility edit
Related lunar eclipses edit
Lunar year series edit
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
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| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
| 102 | 1958 Apr 04
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Penumbral
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-1.53805 | |||||
| 112 | 1959 Mar 24
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Partial
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-0.87571 | 117 | 1959 Sep 17
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Penumbral
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1.02963 | |
| 122 | 1960 Mar 13
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Total
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-0.17990 | 127 | 1960 Sep 05
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Total
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0.24219 | |
| 132 | 1961 Mar 02
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Partial
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0.55406 | 137 | 1961 Aug 26
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Partial
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-0.48947 | |
| 142 | 1962 Feb 19
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Penumbral
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1.25115 | 147 | 1962 Aug 15
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Penumbral
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-1.22104 | |
| Last set | 1958 May 03 | Last set | 1958 Oct 27 | |||||
| Next set | 1963 Jan 09 | Next set | 1962 Jul 17 | |||||
Saros series edit
Lunar saros series 132, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 44 umbral lunar eclipses (32 partial lunar eclipses and 12 total lunar eclipses).
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 The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2123 Jun 9, lasting 106 minutes.[1] |
Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
1492 May 12
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1636 Aug 16
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2015 Apr 4
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2069 May 6
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2177 Jul 11
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2213 Aug 2
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2429 Dec 11
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2754 Jun 26
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There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on earth.
| 1907 Jan 29 | 1925 Feb 8 | 1943 Feb 20 | |||
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| 2015 Apr 4 | 2033 Apr 14 | 2051 Apr 26 | |||
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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 139.
| February 25, 1952 | March 7, 1970 |
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See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 132
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links edit
- 1961 Mar 02 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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