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

Visibility

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1958–1962
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart
102 1958 Apr 4
 Penumbral
112 1959 Mar 24
 Partial
 117 1959 Sep 17
 Penumbral
122 1960 Mar 13
 Total
 127 1960 Sep 5
 Total
132 1961 Mar 2
 Partial
 137 1961 Aug 26
 Partial
142 1962 Feb 19
 Penumbral
 147 1962 Aug 15
 Penumbral
Last set 1958 May 3 Last set 1958 Oct 27
Next set 1963 Jan 9 Next set 1962 Jul 17

Half-Saros cycle

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

Notes

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


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