A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Friday, April 4, 1958, the first of three lunar eclipses in 1958. This was the last penumbral lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 102. In this extremely marginal eclipse, the Moon barely clipped the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow. This caused a microscopic darkening of just 1% of the Moon's disc for 31 minutes exactly, which was essentially impossible to see.[1]
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| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
| 102 | 1958 Apr 04
|
Penumbral
|
-1.53805 | |||||
| 112 | 1959 Mar 24
|
Partial
|
-0.87571 | 117 | 1959 Sep 17
|
Penumbral
|
1.02963 | |
| 122 | 1960 Mar 13
|
Total
|
-0.17990 | 127 | 1960 Sep 05
|
Total
|
0.24219 | |
| 132 | 1961 Mar 02
|
Partial
|
0.55406 | 137 | 1961 Aug 26
|
Partial
|
-0.48947 | |
| 142 | 1962 Feb 19
|
Penumbral
|
1.25115 | 147 | 1962 Aug 15
|
Penumbral
|
-1.22104 | |
| Last set | 1958 May 03 | Last set | 1958 Oct 27 | |||||
| Next set | 1963 Jan 09 | Next set | 1962 Jul 17 | |||||
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- 1958 Apr 04 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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