August 1961 lunar eclipse explained

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2	Partial Lunar Eclipse August 26, 1961
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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	137 (25 of 81)
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0	Gamma	-0.4894
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0	Magnitude	0.9863
align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2	Duration (hr:mn:sc)
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0	Partial	3:06:00
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	Penumbral	5:01:24
align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2	Contacts (UTC)
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	P1	0:38:09
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0	U1	1:35:51
align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0	Greatest	3:08:51
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0	U4	4:41:51
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	P4	5:39:33

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, August 26, 1961, the second of two partial lunar eclipses in 1961. This nearly total lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 137 preceded the first total eclipse on September 6, 1979.^[1] It took place around lunar perigee, therefore as a result, the Moon appeared larger than usual. It was the largest partial lunar eclipse since October 28, 1939, making it the second largest partial lunar eclipse of the 20th century.

Related lunar eclipses

Saros series

It is part of Saros series 137.

Tritos series

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of September 26, 1950
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of July 26, 1972

Tzolkinex

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 1954
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of October 6, 1968

See also

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

Notes and References

1. http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=137 Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 137