April 1903 lunar eclipse explained

Type:partial
Date:April 12, 1903
Gamma:0.4798
Magnitude:0.9677
Saros Ser:130
Saros No:28 of 72
Partiality:196 minutes and 31 seconds
Penumbral:330 minutes and 6 seconds
P1:21:27:26
U1:22:34:39
Greatest:00:12:58
U4:01:51:11
P4:02:58:02
Previous:October 1902
Next:October 1903

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, April 12, 1903. This nearly total lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 130 preceded the first total eclipse on April 22, 1921. The Moon was almost covered by the Earth's shadow in a very deep partial eclipse, which lasted 3 hours and 17 minutes, with 96.77% of the Moon in shadow at maximum eclipse.

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).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two hybrid solar eclipses of Solar Saros 137 (1 hybrid solar eclipse after 1901).

See also

Notes and References

  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros