| bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2 | Total Lunar Eclipse April 13, 1968 | ||
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The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | Series | 131 (31 of 72) | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2 | Duration (hr:mn:sc) | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | Totality | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | Partial | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | Penumbral | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2 | Contacts | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P1 | UTC | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U1 | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | U2 | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0 | Greatest | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | U3 | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U4 | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P4 | ||
Penumbral Magnitude: 2.07253 (207.253%)
Umbral Magnitude: 1.11164 (111.164%)
Gamma: -0.41732
Epsilon: 0°25’24.96”
Greatest Eclipse = 1968 Apr 13 at 04:47:22.2 UTC
Ecliptic Opposition = 1968 Apr 13 at 04:51:39.2 UTC
Equatorial Opposition = 1968 Apr 13 at 05:09:48.0 UTC
Sun’s Equatorial Right Ascension = 1.439h
Sun’s Equatorial Declination = +9.06°
Sun’s Diameter = 1913.8 arcseconds
Sun’s Equatorial Horizontal Parallax = 17.6 arcseconds
Moon’s Equatorial Right Ascension = 13.426h
Moon’s Equatorial Declination = -9.44°
Moon’s Diameter = 1991.6 arcseconds
Moon’s Equatorial Horizontal Parallax = 7309.4 arcseconds
Earth’s Shadow’s Equatorial Right Ascension = 13.439h
Earth’s Shadow’s Equatorial Declination = -9.06°
Earth’s Penumbral Shadow’s Diameter = 9313.92 arcseconds
Earth’s Umbral Shadow’s Diameter = 5486.4 arcseconds
Saros 131 (31 of 72), Descending Node
P1: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 02:12:33.3 UTC
U1: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 03:10:18.4 UTC
U2: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 04:23:07.6 UTC
Greatest: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 04:47:22.2 UTC
U3: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 05:11:38.3 UTC
U4: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 06:24:28.0 UTC
P4: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 07:22:09.1 UTC
The total duration of the eclipse was 5 hours, 9 minutes and 35.8 seconds.
The duration of the partial phases was 2 hours, 25 minutes and 38.9 seconds.
The duration of totality was 48 minutes and 30.7 seconds.
It was visible from North and South America, as well as Africa and western Europe.
It is the second total lunar eclipse of the series.
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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 138.