July 1954 lunar eclipse
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Partial Lunar Eclipse July 16, 1954 | |
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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 | 138 (26 of 83) |
Gamma | 0.7876 |
Magnitude | 0.4054 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Partial | 2:20:55 |
Penumbral | 5:01:37 |
Contacts UTC | |
P1 | 21:50:03 |
U1 | 23:10:24 |
Greatest | 0:20:51 |
U4 | 1:31:18 |
P4 | 2:51:39 |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on July 16, 1954.[1]
Visibility[edit]
Related lunar eclipses[edit]
Lunar year series[edit]
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | |
103 | 1951 Feb 21 | Penumbral | 108 | 1951 Aug 17 | Penumbral | |
113 | 1952 Feb 11 | Partial | 118 | 1952 Aug 5 | Partial | |
123 | 1953 Jan 29 | Total | 128 | 1953 Jul 26 | Total | |
133 | 1954 Jan 19 | Total | 138 | 1954 Jul 16 | Partial | |
143 | 1955 Jan 8 | Penumbral | ||||
Last set | 1951 Mar 23 | Last set | 1951 Sep 15 | |||
Next set | 1955 Nov 29 | Next set | 1955 Jun 5 |
Saros series[edit]
It was part of Saros series 138.
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 145.
July 9, 1945 | July 20, 1963 |
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Tritos series[edit]
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of August 15, 1943
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of June 14, 1965
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of June 3, 1947
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of August 26, 1961
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 138
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links[edit]
- 1954 Jul 16 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC