Partial Lunar Eclipse June 14, 1965 | |
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![]() The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
Series | 139 (19 of 81) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
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Penumbral | |
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P1 | UTC |
U1 | |
Greatest | |
U4 | |
P4 |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Monday, June 14, 1965. At maximum eclipse, a small bite out of the Moon should have been visible. The eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 40 minutes, with just 18% of the Moon in shadow at maximum.[1]
Visibility
[edit]Related lunar eclipses
[edit]Lunar year series
[edit]Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
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Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
109 | 1962 Jul 17![]() |
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1.33712 | 114 | 1963 Jan 09![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
-1.01282 | |
119 | 1963 Jul 06![]() |
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0.61972 | 124 | 1963 Dec 30![]() |
Total![]() |
-0.28889 | |
129 | 1964 Jun 25![]() |
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-0.14611 | 134 | 1964 Dec 19![]() |
Total![]() |
0.38008 | |
139 | 1965 Jun 14![]() |
Partial![]() |
-0.90055 | 144 | 1965 Dec 08![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
1.07748 | |
Last set | 1962 Aug 15 | Last set | 1962 Feb 19 | |||||
Next set | 1966 May 04 | Next set | 1966 Oct 29 |
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 146.
June 8, 1956 | June 20, 1974 |
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Saros cycle
[edit]Lunar Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 79 lunar eclipse events including 42 umbral lunar eclipses (15 partial lunar eclipses and 27 total lunar eclipses)..
Greatest | First | |||
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The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2199 Nov 02, lasting 102 minutes.[3] |
Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
1658 Dec 09 | 1947 Jun 03 | 2073 Aug 17 | 2109 Sep 09 | |
Last | ||||
Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
2488 Apr 26 | 2542 May 30 | 2686 Aug 25 | 3065 Apr 13 |
1911 May 13 | 1929 May 23 | 1947 Jun 03 | |||
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1965 Jun 14 | 1983 Jun 25 | 2001 Jul 05 | |||
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2019 Jul 16 | 2037 Jul 27 | 2055 Aug 07 | |||
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2073 Aug 17 | 2091 Aug 29 | ||||
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 139
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
- ^ Listing of Eclipses of cycle 139
External links
[edit]- 1965 Jun 14 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC