March_1961_lunar_eclipse
March 1961 lunar eclipse
Partial lunar eclipse March 2, 1961
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, March 2, 1961, the first of two partial lunar eclipses in 1961.
| Partial Lunar Eclipse March 2, 1961 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 132 (27 of 71) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | |
| Penumbral | |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | UTC |
| U1 | |
| Greatest | |
| U4 | |
| P4 | |
Lunar year series
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
| 102 | 1958 Apr 04 |
Penumbral |
-1.53805 | |||||
| 112 | 1959 Mar 24 |
Partial |
-0.87571 | 117 | 1959 Sep 17 |
Penumbral |
1.02963 | |
| 122 | 1960 Mar 13 |
Total |
-0.17990 | 127 | 1960 Sep 05 |
Total |
0.24219 | |
| 132 | 1961 Mar 02 |
Partial |
0.55406 | 137 | 1961 Aug 26 |
Partial |
-0.48947 | |
| 142 | 1962 Feb 19 |
Penumbral |
1.25115 | 147 | 1962 Aug 15 |
Penumbral |
-1.22104 | |
| Last set | 1958 May 03 | Last set | 1958 Oct 27 | |||||
| Next set | 1963 Jan 09 | 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
2015 Apr 4 |
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 | |||
| 1961 Mar 2 | 1979 Mar 13 | 1997 Mar 24 | |||
| 2015 Apr 4 | 2033 Apr 14 | 2051 Apr 26 | |||
| 2069 May 6 | 2087 May 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 139.
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
- 1961 Mar 02 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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