A partial

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 Friday, July 17, 1981, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1981. The Earth's shadow on the Moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 55% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 43 minutes.

Visibility

The partial phase of this lunar eclipse was visible in southeastern North America, South America, western Africa, seen rising over northern North America, and setting over Western Europe and Eastern Africa. Lunar eclipse from moon-1981Jul17

Related lunar eclipses

Eclipses in 1981

* A penumbral lunar eclipse on Tuesday, 20 January 1981. * An annular solar eclipse on Wednesday, 4 February 1981. * A partial lunar eclipse on Friday, 17 July 1981. * A total solar eclipse on Friday, 31 July 1981.

Lunar year series

Saros series

It was part of Saros series 119.

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 126 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. ...

Tritos series

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of August 17, 1970 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 1992

Tzolkinex

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of June 4, 1974 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of August 27, 1988

Notes

External links

* 1981-07 1981 in science July 1981 events {{lunar-eclipse-stub