March 1959 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse took place on March 24, 1959.[1]

Partial Lunar Eclipse
March 24, 1959
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series112 (62 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1UTC
U1
Greatest
U4
P4

Visibility

Lunar year series
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1958–1962
Ascending node   Descending node
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

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).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.

March 18, 1950 March 28, 1968

See also

Notes
  1. Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 112
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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