September 1959 lunar eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on September 17, 1959.[1]

Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
102 | 1958 Apr 4![]() |
Penumbral![]() | ||||
112 | 1959 Mar 24![]() |
Partial![]() |
117 | 1959 Sep 17![]() |
Penumbral![]() | |
122 | 1960 Mar 13![]() |
Total![]() |
127 | 1960 Sep 5![]() |
Total![]() | |
132 | 1961 Mar 2![]() |
Partial![]() |
137 | 1961 Aug 26![]() |
Partial![]() | |
142 | 1962 Feb 19![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
147 | 1962 Aug 15![]() |
Penumbral![]() | |
Last set | 1958 May 3 | Last set | 1958 Oct 27 | |||
Next set | 1963 Jan 9 | Next set | 1962 Jul 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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 124.
September 12, 1950 | September 22, 1968 |
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
Notes
- Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 117
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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