December 1964 lunar eclipse explained
| bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2 | Total Lunar Eclipse
December 19, 1964 |
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| (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 | 134 (24 of 73) |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2 | Duration (hr:mn:sc) |
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| align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | Totality | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | Partial | |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | Penumbral | |
| align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2 | Contacts |
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| 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 | | |
A total
lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, December 19, 1964. A shallow total eclipse saw the Moon in relative darkness for 58 minutes and 54 seconds. The Moon was 17% of its diameter into the Earth's umbral shadow, and should have been significantly darkened. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 16 minutes in total.
[1] The eclipse afforded astrophysicist J. M. Saari the opportunity to make
infrared pyrometric scans of the lunar surface with improved equipment, following up on Richard W. Shorthill's discovery of "hot spots" in the Tycho crater during the March 13, 1960 eclipse.
[2] Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=134 Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 134
- F. Link, Eclipse Phenomena in Astronomy (Springer, 2012) p119
