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September 1959 lunar eclipse

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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, September 17, 1959.[1]

Visibility

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Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1958–1962
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

Half-Saros cycle

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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 124.

September 12, 1950 September 22, 1968

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 117
  2. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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