January 1955 lunar eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on January 8, 1955.[1]
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 103 | 1951 Feb 21 |
Penumbral |
108 | 1951 Aug 17 |
Penumbral | |
| 113 | 1952 Feb 11 |
Partial |
118 | 1952 Aug 5 |
Partial | |
| 123 | 1953 Jan 29 |
Total |
128 | 1953 Jul 26 |
Total | |
| 133 | 1954 Jan 19 |
Total |
138 | 1954 Jul 16 |
Partial | |
| 143 | 1955 Jan 8 |
Penumbral | ||||
| Last set | 1951 Mar 23 | Last set | 1951 Sep 15 | |||
| Next set | 1955 Nov 29 | Next set | 1955 Jun 5 | |||
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 150.
| January 3, 1946 | January 14, 1964 |
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
Notes
- Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 143
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 1955 Jan 08 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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