January 1953 lunar eclipse explained

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2	Total Lunar Eclipse January 29, 1953
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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	123 (49 of 73)
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

A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, January 29, 1953. The Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.^[1]

Visibility

It could be completely seen from Europe and Africa, seen rising from North and South America, and setting over Asia.

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).^[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 130.

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=123 Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 123
2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros