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A total lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, October 6, 1968, the second of two total eclipses in 1968, the first was on April 13, 1968. The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the total lunar eclipse of October 6, 1968.
Visibility
It was completely visible over Asia, Australia, and North America, seen rising over central Asia, and setting over central North America.
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
Saros series
It was part of Saros series 136.Tritos series
* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of November 7, 1957 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of September 9, 1979Tzolkinex
* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of August 26, 1961 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 1975Half-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 ofSolar Saros 143
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. ...
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See also
*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 ...
*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
* 1968-10 1968 in science October 1968 events {{lunar-eclipse-stub