May 1958 lunar eclipse explained
| bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2 | Partial Lunar Eclipse
May 3, 1958 |
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| (No photo) |
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | Series | 140 (22 of 80) |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2 | Duration (hr:mn:sc) |
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| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | Partial | 0:21 |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | Penumbral | |
| align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2 | Contacts |
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| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P1 | 10:11:49 UTC[1] |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U1 | 12:02:26 [2] |
| align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0 | Greatest | 12:12:55 [3] |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U4 | 12:23:22 [4] |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P4 | 14:14:03 [5] | |
A partial
lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, May 3, 1958. This was the first partial lunar eclipse of Saros cycle
140. While technically a partial eclipse, the Moon barely clipped the Earth's umbral shadow, which may have been very difficult to observe in practice; though a shading across the moon from the Earth's penumbral shadow should have been visible at maximum eclipse. The partial eclipse lasted for 21 minutes exactly. 0.919% of the Moon was in umbral shadow on Saturday, 3 May 1958.
[6] Related lunar eclipses
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[7] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 147.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Partial Lunar Eclipse on May 3, 1958 – Where and When to See. 2021-01-22. www.timeanddate.com. en.
- Web site: Partial Lunar Eclipse on May 3, 1958 – Where and When to See. 2021-01-22. www.timeanddate.com. en.
- Web site: Partial Lunar Eclipse on May 3, 1958 – Where and When to See. 2021-01-22. www.timeanddate.com. en.
- Web site: Partial Lunar Eclipse on May 3, 1958 – Where and When to See. 2021-01-22. www.timeanddate.com. en.
- Web site: Partial Lunar Eclipse on May 3, 1958 – Where and When to See. 2021-01-22. www.timeanddate.com. en.
- Web site: Saros Series of Lunar Eclipses. 2021-01-22. moonblink.info.
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
