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) |
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P1 | UTC |
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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
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
102 | 1958 Apr 4![]() |
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112 | 1959 Mar 24![]() |
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117 | 1959 Sep 17![]() |
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122 | 1960 Mar 13![]() |
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127 | 1960 Sep 5![]() |
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132 | 1961 Mar 2![]() |
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137 | 1961 Aug 26![]() |
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142 | 1962 Feb 19![]() |
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147 | 1962 Aug 15![]() |
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Last set | 1958 May 3 | Last set | 1958 Oct 27 | |||
Next set | 1963 Jan 9 | Next set | 1962 Jul 17 |
Saros series
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).
Greatest | First | |||
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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![]() |
1636 Aug 16![]() |
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2069 May 6![]() | |
Last | ||||
Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
2177 Jul 11![]() |
2213 Aug 2![]() |
2429 Dec 11![]() |
2754 Jun 26![]() |
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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1961 Mar 2 | 1979 Mar 13 | 1997 Mar 24 | |||
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2015 Apr 4 | 2033 Apr 14 | 2051 Apr 26 | |||
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2069 May 6 | 2087 May 17 | ||||
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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 139.
February 25, 1952 | March 7, 1970 |
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See also
Notes
- ↑ Listing of Eclipses of series 132
- ↑ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 1961 Mar 02 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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