February 1971 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on February 10, 1971. The moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.

Total Lunar Eclipse
February 10, 1971
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series123 (50 of 73)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1UTC
U1
U2
Greatest
U3
U4
P4

Visibility

It was completely visible from North America, rising from Eastern Asia, Australia, and setting over South America, Europe and Africa.

Lunar year series
Lunar eclipse series sets during 1969–1973
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart
108 1969 Aug 27
 Penumbral
 113 1970 Feb 21
 Partial
118 1970 Aug 17
 Partial
 123 1971 Feb 10
 Total
128 1971 Aug 6
 Total
 133 1972 Jan 30
 Total
138 1972 Jul 26
 Partial
 143 1973 Jan 18
 Penumbral
148 1973 Jul 15
 Penumbral
Last set 1969 Sep 25 Last set 1969 Apr 2
Next set 1973 Jun 15 Next set 1973 Dec 10

Saros series

Lunar saros series 123, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has 25 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on July 16, 1628, and last will be on April 4, 2061. The two longest occurrence of this series were on September 20, 1736 and October 1, 1754 when totality lasted 106 minutes.

It last occurred on January 29, 1953 and will next occur on February 20, 1989.

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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 130.

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See also

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


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