August 1980 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on August 26, 1980. This subtle penumbral eclipse eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 70.891% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth (none of it was in total shadow), which caused a gentle shadow gradient across its disc at maximum; the eclipse as a whole lasted 3 hours, 34 minutes and 26 seconds.[1]

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1977–1980
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
112	1977 Apr 04	Partial	-0.91483	117	1977 Sep 27	Penumbral	1.07682
122	1978 Mar 24	Total	-0.21402	127	1978 Sep 16	Total	0.29510
132	1979 Mar 13	Partial	0.52537	137	1979 Sep 06	Total	-0.43050
142	1980 Mar 01	Penumbral	1.22701	147	1980 Aug 26	Penumbral	-1.16082

Last set	1976 May 13			Last set	1976 Nov 06

Next set	1981 Jan 20			Next set	1980 Jul 27

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 154.

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Notes

Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 147
Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links

1980 Aug 26 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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[1] Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 147

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