July 1963 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse took place on July 6, 1963 with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 0.70602. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 3 hours exactly, with 71% of the Moon in darkness at maximum. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves between the Sun and Moon but the three celestial bodies do not form a straight line in space. When that happens, a small part of the Moon's surface is covered by the darkest, central part of the Earth's shadow, called the umbra. The rest of the Moon is covered by the outer part of the Earth's shadow called the penumbra. It was the second of three lunar eclipses in 1963, the first was a penumbral lunar eclipse on January 9, 1963 and the third and last was on December 30, 1963.[1]

Partial Lunar Eclipse
July 6, 1963
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series119 (59 of 83)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial5:27:18.2
Penumbral2:59:55.6
Contacts (UTC)
P119:18:43.6 (6 July 1963)
U120:32:29.1 (6 July 1963)
Greatest22:02:23.8 (6 July 1963)
U423:32:24.7 (6 July 1963)
P400:46:01.8 (7 July 1963)

Visibility

The partial eclipse was visible in Southeastern Atlantic, Africa, Europe and western Asia, seen rising over South America, and setting over Asia and Australia.

Lunar year series
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1962–1965
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart
109 1962 Jul 17
 Penumbral
 114 1963 Jan 9
 Penumbral
119 1963 Jul 6
 Partial
 124 1963 Dec 30
 Total
129 1964 Jun 25
 Total
 134 1964 Dec 19
 Total
139 1965 Jun 14
 Partial
 144 1965 Dec 8
 Penumbral
Last set 1962 Aug 15 Last set 1962 Feb 19
Next set 1966 May 4 Next set 1966 Oct 29

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 126.

June 30, 1954 July 10, 1972

See also

Notes
  1. Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 119
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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