January 1954 lunar eclipse explained

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2Total Lunar Eclipse
January 19, 1954
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0Series133 (23 of 71)
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0Gamma-0.4357
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0Magnitude1.0322
align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2Duration (hr:mn:sc)
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 Totality 28:23
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 Partial 3:22:56
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 Penumbral 5:41:22
align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2Contacts (UTC)
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 P1 23:41:45
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 U1 0:50:54
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 U2 2:18:15
align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0Greatest 2:32:21
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 U3 2:46:27
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 U4 4:13:48
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 P4 5:22:57
A total lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, January 19, 1954.[1]

Related lunar eclipses

Saros series

It was part of Saros series 133.

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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 140.

Tritos series

Tzolkinex

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=133 Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 133
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros