April 1958 lunar eclipse

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]

Visibility

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Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1958–1962
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

See also

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Notes

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