| bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2 | Partial Lunar Eclipse March 24, 1959 | ||
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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 | 112 (62 of 72) | |
| 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 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 solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.