December 1963 lunar eclipse explained

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2	Total Lunar Eclipse December 30, 1963
(No photo)
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0	Series	124 (46 of 74)
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0	Gamma	-0.2889
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0	Magnitude	1.3350
align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2	Duration (hr:mn:sc)
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0	Totality	1:18:07
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0	Partial	3:24:18
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	Penumbral	5:19:57
align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2	Contacts UTC
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	P1	8:27:25
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0	U1	9:25:16
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0	U2	10:28:22
align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0	Greatest	11:07:25
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0	U3	11:46:28
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0	U4	12:49:34
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	P4	13:27:25

A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, December 30, 1963. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour and 18 minutes, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 33.5% of its diameter inside the Earth's umbral shadow. The visual effect of this depends on the state of the Earth's atmosphere, but the Moon may have been stained a deep red colour. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 24 minutes in total.^[1]

Related lunar eclipses

Saros series

It was part of Saros series 124.

Tritos

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of January 29, 1953
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of November 29, 1974

Tzolkinex

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 1956
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of February 10, 1970

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=124 Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 124