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 | |
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Series | 140 (22 of 80) |
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Penumbral | |
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P1 | UTC |
U1 | |
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U4 | |
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Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing |
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Saros | Date Viewing |
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110 | 1955 Jun 5![]() |
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115 | 1955 Nov 29![]() |
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120 | 1956 May 24![]() |
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125 | 1956 Nov 18![]() |
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130 | 1957 May 13![]() |
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135 | 1957 Nov 7![]() |
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140 | 1958 May 3![]() |
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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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Notes
- Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 140
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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