March 1959 lunar eclipse
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, March 24, 1959.[1]
| Partial Lunar Eclipse March 24, 1959 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 112 (62 of 72) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | |
| Penumbral | |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | UTC |
| U1 | |
| Greatest | |
| U4 | |
| P4 | |
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| 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 | |||
Saros series
Lunar Saros series 112, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 15 total lunar eclipses.
| Greatest | First | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1490 Jun 02, lasting 100 minutes.[2] | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| 859 May 20 | 985 Aug 03 | 1364 Mar 18 | 1436 Apr 30 | |
| Last | ||||
| Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
| 1562 Jul 16 | 1616 Aug 27 | 2013 Apr 25 |
2139 Jul 12 | |
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.
| 1905 Feb 19 | 1923 Mar 3 | 1941 Mar 13 | |||
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| 1959 Mar 24 | 1977 Apr 04 | 1995 Apr 15 | |||
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| 2013 Apr 25 | 2031 May 07 | 2049 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).[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.
| March 18, 1950 | March 28, 1968 |
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Notes
- Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 112
- Listing of Eclipses of series 112
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 1959 Mar 24 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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