January 1955 lunar eclipse explained

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, January 8, 1955.^[1]

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 150.

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=143 Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 143
2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros