A partial lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, March 13, 1941. The Earth's shadow on the moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 32% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 1 hour exactly.

Visibility

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1940–1944
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart
102 1940 Mar 23
 Penumbral
 107
112 1941 Mar 13
 Partial
 117 1941 Sep 05
 Partial
122 1942 Mar 03
 Total
 127 1942 Aug 26
 Total
132 1943 Feb 20
 Partial
 137 1943 Aug 15
 Partial
142 1944 Feb 09
 Penumbral
 147 1944 Aug 04
 Penumbral

Saros series

Lunar Saros series 112, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 15 total lunar eclipses.

Greatest First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1490 Jun 02, lasting 100 minutes.[1] Penumbral Partial Total Central
859 May 20 985 Aug 03 1364 Mar 18 1436 Apr 30
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
1562 Jul 16 1616 Aug 27 2013 Apr 25
 2139 Jul 12

There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on earth.

1901–2100
1905 Feb 19 1923 Mar 3 1941 Mar 13
1959 Mar 24 1977 Apr 04 1995 Apr 15
2013 Apr 25 2031 May 07 2049 May 17
2067 May 28 2085 Jun 08

Half-Saros cycle

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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.

March 7, 1932 March 18, 1950

See also

References

  1. ↑ Listing of Eclipses of series 112
  2. ↑ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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