Total Lunar Eclipse
September 5, 1960
(No photo)

The Moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series127 (39 of 72)
Gamma0.2422
Magnitude1.4239
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality1:26:40
Partial3:30:50
Penumbral5:26:44
Contacts UTC
P18:38:30
U19:36:27
U210:38:30
Greatest11:21:51
U312:05:12
U413:07:15
P414:05:12

A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, September 5, 1960. The Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.[1]

This is the 39th member of Lunar Saros 127. The previous event is the August 1942 lunar eclipse. The next event is the September 1978 lunar eclipse.

Visibility

It was visible over the Pacific Ocean, and seen rising over Asia and Australia, and setting over North and South America.

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1958–1962
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart
102 1958 Apr 4
 Penumbral
112 1959 Mar 24
 Partial
 117 1959 Sep 17
 Penumbral
122 1960 Mar 13
 Total
 127 1960 Sep 5
 Total
132 1961 Mar 2
 Partial
 137 1961 Aug 26
 Partial
142 1962 Feb 19
 Penumbral
 147 1962 Aug 15
 Penumbral
Last set 1958 May 3 Last set 1958 Oct 27
Next set 1963 Jan 9 Next set 1962 Jul 17

Saros series

Lunar saros series 127, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 54 umbral lunar eclipses (38 partial lunar eclipses and 16 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 134 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Greatest First

The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1888 Jul 23, lasting 102 minutes.		 Penumbral Partial Total Central
1275 Jul 09 1473 Nov 04 1798 May 29 1834 Jun 21
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
1960 Sep 05 2068 Nov 09 2429 Jun 17 2555 Sep 02
1901–2100
1906 Aug 04 1924 Aug 14 1942 Aug 26
1960 Sep 05 1978 Sep 16 1996 Sep 27
2014 Oct 08 2032 Oct 18 2050 Oct 30
2068 Nov 09

Tritos

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See also

Notes

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