May 1958 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse took place on May 3, 1958. This was the first partial lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 140. While technically a partial eclipse, the Moon barely clipped the Earth's umbral shadow, which may have been very difficult to observe in practice; though a shading across the moon from the Earth's penumbral shadow should have been visible at maximum eclipse. The partial eclipse lasted for 21 minutes exactly. 0.919% of the Moon was in umbral shadow on Saturday, 3 May 1958.[1]

Partial Lunar Eclipse
May 3, 1958
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series140 (22 of 80)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1UTC
U1
Greatest
U4
P4

Visibility

Lunar year series
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1955–1958
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart
110 1955 Jun 5
 Penumbral
 115 1955 Nov 29
 Partial
120 1956 May 24
 Partial
 125 1956 Nov 18
 Total
130 1957 May 13
 Total
 135 1957 Nov 7
 Total
140 1958 May 3
 Partial
 145 1958 Oct 27
 Penumbral
Last set 1954 Jul 16 Last set 1955 Jan 8
Next set 1958 Apr 4 Next set 1959 Sep 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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 147.

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See also

Notes
  1. Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 140
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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