October 1958 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Monday, October 27, 1958.[1]

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Related lunar eclipses edit

Lunar year series edit

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1955–1958
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
110 1955 Jun 5
 
Penumbral
 
115 1955 Nov 29
 
Partial
 
120 1956 May 24
 
Partial
 
125 1956 Nov 18
 
Total
 
130 1957 May 13
 
Total
 
135 1957 Nov 7
 
Total
 
140 1958 May 3
 
Partial
 
145 1958 Oct 27
 
Penumbral
 
Last set 1954 Jul 16 Last set 1955 Jan 8
Next set 1958 Apr 4 Next set 1959 Sep 17

Half-Saros cycle edit

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 152.

October 21, 1949 November 2, 1967
   

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Notes edit

  1. ^ "Saros Series of Lunar Eclipses". moonblink.info. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  2. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

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