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May 1956 Lunar Eclipse
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, May 24, 1956. It was the first eclipse of the last partial set in Saros series 120. Visibility Related lunar eclipses Lunar year series Tritos series Half-Saros cycle A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros'' This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 127. Tzolkinex * Preceded: Lunar eclipse of April 13, 1949 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of July 6, 1963 See also *List of lunar eclipses *List of 20th-century lunar eclipses A total of 229 lunar eclipses took place in the 20th century: 83 penumbral, 65 partial and 81 total. See also: Lists of lunar eclipses, List of 19th-century lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses List Eclipses from 2001 to 200 ... Notes External links * 1956-05 1956 in science May 1956 events {{ ...
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Lunar Eclipse Chart Close-1956May24
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Solar Eclipse Of May 30, 1965
A total solar eclipse occurred on May 30, 1965. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality was visible from northwestern Northland Region in New Zealand on May 31st (Monday), and Manuae in Cook Islands, Manuae and Motu One in French Polynesia, and Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ... on May 30th (Sunday). Related eclipses Solar eclipses of 1964–1 ...
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List Of 20th-century Lunar Eclipses
A total of 229 lunar eclipses took place in the 20th century: 83 penumbral, 65 partial and 81 total. See also: Lists of lunar eclipses, List of 19th-century lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses List Eclipses from 2001 to 2002 are included on the end to complete the final set. References This list was compiled with data calculated by Fred Espenak of NASA's GSFC. {{DEFAULTSORT:20th-century lunar eclipses Lunar eclipses Lunar eclipses A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ... Lunar eclipses by time ...
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List Of Lunar Eclipses
There are several lists of lunar eclipses On the Moon, by the Earth ; Type * List of central lunar eclipses * Total penumbral lunar eclipse ; Classification * List of saros series for lunar eclipses * Tetrad (astronomy) contains lists of tetrads in the late-20th and 21st centuries ; By era * Lunar eclipses by century * Historically significant lunar eclipses Historically significant lunar eclipses are eclipses of the Moon that are mentioned in historical accounts in connection with a significant event. Lunar eclipses are somewhat rare events, although not as rare as solar eclipses, because unlike sol ... On Earth, by the Moon {{DEFAULTSORT:Lunar eclipses ...
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July 1963 Lunar Eclipse
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, 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. 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. Related lunar eclipses Lunar year series ...
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April 1949 Lunar Eclipse
A total lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ... took place on Wednesday, April 13, 1949, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1949. Visibility Related lunar eclipses Lunar year series See also * List of lunar eclipses * List of 20th-century lunar eclipses Notes External links * 1949-04 1949 in science Central total lunar eclipses {{lunar-eclipse-stub ...
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Solar Eclipse Of May 20, 1947
A total solar eclipse occurred on May 20, 1947. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality was visible from Chile including the capital city Santiago, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Liberia, French West Africa (the parts now belonging to Ivory Coast and Benin), British Gold Coast (today's Ghana) including capital Accra, French Togoland (today's Togo) including capital Lomé, British Nigeria (today's Nigeria) including capital Lagos, French Cameroons (now belonging to Cameroon), French Equatorial Africa (the parts now belonging to Central African Republic and R. Congo), Belgia ...
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Umbra
The umbra, penumbra and antumbra are three distinct parts of a shadow, created by any light source after impinging on an opaque object. Assuming no diffraction, for a collimated beam (such as a point source) of light, only the umbra is cast. These names are most often used for the shadows cast by celestial bodies, though they are sometimes used to describe levels, such as in sunspots. Umbra The umbra (Latin for "shadow") is the innermost and darkest part of a shadow, where the light source is completely blocked by the occluding body. An observer within the umbra experiences a total eclipse. The umbra of a round body occluding a round light source forms a right circular cone. When viewed from the cone's apex, the two bodies appear the same size. The distance from the Moon to the apex of its umbra is roughly equal to that between the Moon and Earth: . Since Earth's diameter is 3.7 times the Moon's, its umbra extends correspondingly farther: roughly . Penumbra The pe ...
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Solar Saros 127
Saros cycle The saros () is a period of exactly 223 synodic months, approximately 6585.3211 days, or 18 years, 10, 11, or 12 days (depending on the number of leap years), and 8 hours, that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One saros period ... series 127 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 82 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's ascending node. This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 120. Umbral eclipses Umbral eclipses (annular, total and hybrid) can be further classified as either: 1) Central (two limits), 2) Central (one limit) or 3) Non-Central (one limit). The statistical distribution of these classes in Saros series 127 appears in the following table. Events References * http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros127.html External linksSaros cycle 127 - Information and visualization {{Solar eclipses Solar saros series ...
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