March 1961 lunar eclipse

Partial Lunar Eclipse
March 2, 1961
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 132 (27 of 71)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1 UTC
U1
Greatest
U4
P4

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, March 2, 1961, the first of two partial lunar eclipses in 1961.

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

Saros series

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Lunar saros series 132, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 44 umbral lunar eclipses (32 partial lunar eclipses and 12 total lunar eclipses).

Greatest First
 
The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2123 Jun 9, lasting 106 minutes.[1]
Penumbral Partial Total Central
1492 May 12
 
1636 Aug 16
 
2015 Apr 4
 
2069 May 6
 
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
2177 Jul 11
 
2213 Aug 2
 
2429 Dec 11
 
2754 Jun 26
 

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
1907 Jan 29 1925 Feb 8 1943 Feb 20
           
1961 Mar 2 1979 Mar 13 1997 Mar 24
           
2015 Apr 4 2033 Apr 14 2051 Apr 26
           
2069 May 6 2087 May 17
       

Half-Saros cycle

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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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 139.

February 25, 1952 March 7, 1970
   

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 132
  2. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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