January 1954 lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, January 19, 1954.[1]
Total Lunar Eclipse January 19, 1954 | |
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(No photo) | |
![]() The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
Series | 133 (23 of 71) |
Gamma | -0.4357 |
Magnitude | 1.0322 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | 28:23 |
Partial | 3:22:56 |
Penumbral | 5:41:22 |
Contacts (UTC) | |
P1 | 23:41:45 |
U1 | 0:50:54 |
U2 | 2:18:15 |
Greatest | 2:32:21 |
U3 | 2:46:27 |
U4 | 4:13:48 |
P4 | 5:22:57 |
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
103 | 1951 Feb 21![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
108 | 1951 Aug 17![]() |
Penumbral![]() | |
113 | 1952 Feb 11![]() |
Partial![]() |
118 | 1952 Aug 5![]() |
Partial![]() | |
123 | 1953 Jan 29![]() |
Total![]() |
128 | 1953 Jul 26![]() |
Total![]() | |
133 | 1954 Jan 19![]() |
Total![]() |
138 | 1954 Jul 16![]() |
Partial![]() | |
143 | 1955 Jan 8![]() |
Penumbral![]() | ||||
Last set | 1951 Mar 23 | Last set | 1951 Sep 15 | |||
Next set | 1955 Nov 29 | Next set | 1955 Jun 5 |
Saros series
It was part of Saros series 133.
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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 140.
January 14, 1945 | January 25, 1963 |
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Tritos series
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 1943
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of December 19, 1964
Tzolkinex
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of December 8, 1946
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of March 2, 1961
Notes
- Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 133
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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