October 1949 lunar eclipse explained

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2Total Lunar Eclipse
October 7, 1949
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0Series126 (42 of 72)
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0Gamma-0.3219
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0Magnitude1.2236
align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2Duration (hr:mn:sc)
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 Totality 1:12:50
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 Partial 3:42:53
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 Penumbral 6:09:11
align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2Contacts UTC
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 P1 23:52:19
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 U1 1:05:28
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 U2 2:50:31
align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0Greatest 2:56:55
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 U3 3:33:19
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 U4 4:48:22
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 P4 6:01:31
A total lunar eclipse took place on Friday, October 7, 1949, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1949.

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).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 133.

Tritos

Tzolkinex

See also

Notes and References

  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros