October_1940_lunar_eclipse

October 1940 lunar eclipse

October 1940 lunar eclipse

Penumbral lunar eclipse October 16, 1940

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, October 16, 1940, the last of three lunar eclipses in 1940.

Visibility

More information Ascending node, Descending node ...

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 152.

October 11, 1931 October 21, 1949

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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