March 1941 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse took place on March 13, 1941.

Visibility

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1940–1944
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart
102 1940 Mar 23
 Penumbral
 107
112 1941 Mar 13
 Partial
 117 1941 Sep 05
 Partial
122 1942 Mar 03
 Total
 127 1942 Aug 26
 Total
132 1943 Feb 20
 Partial
 137 1943 Aug 15
 Partial
142 1944 Feb 09
 Penumbral
 147 1944 Aug 04
 Penumbral

Saros series

Lunar Saros series 112, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 15 total lunar eclipses.

First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 859 May 20

First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 985 Aug 03

First Total Lunar Eclipse: 1364 Mar 18

First Central Lunar Eclipse: 1436 Apr 30

Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 112: 1490 Jun 02

Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1562 Jul 16

Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 1616 Aug 27

Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2013 Apr 25

Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2139 Jul 12

The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1490 Jun 02, lasting 100 minutes.

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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.

March 7, 1932 March 18, 1950

See also

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