September 1913 lunar eclipse explained

Type:total
Date:September 15, 1913
Gamma:-0.2109
Magnitude:1.4304
Saros Ser:126
Saros No:39 of 70
Totality:93 minutes and 29 seconds
Partiality:230 minutes and 33 seconds
Penumbral:373 minutes and 1 second
P1:09:41:33
U1:10:52:47
U2:12:01:19
Greatest:12:48:04
U3:13:34:48
U4:14:43:20
P4:15:54:34
Previous:March 1913
Next:March 1914

A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, September 15, 1913. The moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.[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 133.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=126 Saros series 126
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros