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September 1960 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
September 5, 1960
(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)
Gamma 0.2422
Magnitude 1.4239
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 1:26:40
Partial 3:30:50
Penumbral 5:26:44
Contacts UTC
P1 8:38:30
U1 9:36:27
U2 10:38:30
Greatest 11:21:51
U3 12:05:12
U4 13:07:15
P4 14:05:12

A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, September 5, 1960. The Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.[1]

This is the 39th member of Lunar Saros 127. The previous event is the August 1942 lunar eclipse. The next event is the September 1978 lunar eclipse.

Visibility

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It was visible over the Pacific Ocean, and seen rising over Asia and Australia, and setting over North and South America.

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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

Saros series

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Lunar saros series 127, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 54 umbral lunar eclipses (38 partial lunar eclipses and 16 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 134 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Greatest First

The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1888 Jul 23, lasting 102 minutes.
Penumbral Partial Total Central
1275 Jul 09 1473 Nov 04 1798 May 29 1834 Jun 21
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
1960 Sep 05 2068 Nov 09 2429 Jun 17 2555 Sep 02
1901–2100
1906 Aug 04 1924 Aug 14 1942 Aug 26
1960 Sep 05 1978 Sep 16 1996 Sep 27
2014 Oct 08 2032 Oct 18 2050 Oct 30
2068 Nov 09

Tritos

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Tzolkinex

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See also

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Notes

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