June 1965 lunar eclipse explained

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2	Partial Lunar Eclipse June 14, 1965
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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	139 (19 of 81)
align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2	Duration (hr:mn:sc)
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=#a0a0e0	Greatest
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0	U4
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	P4

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Monday, June 14, 1965. At maximum eclipse, a small bite out of the Moon should have been visible. The eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 40 minutes, with just 18% of the Moon in shadow at maximum.^[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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 146.

Saros cycle

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=139 Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 139
2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros