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A partial lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, February 20, 1943. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 3 hours and 9 minutes, with 76% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.
Visibility
editRelated lunar eclipses
editAscending node | Descending node | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saros | Date viewing |
Type chart |
Saros | Date viewing |
Type chart | |
102 | 1940 Mar 23 |
Penumbral |
107 | |||
112 | 1941 Mar 13 |
Partial |
117 | 1941 Sep 05 |
Partial | |
122 | 1942 Mar 03 |
Total |
127 | 1942 Aug 26 |
Total | |
132 | 1943 Feb 20 |
Partial |
137 | 1943 Aug 15 |
Partial | |
142 | 1944 Feb 09 |
Penumbral |
147 | 1944 Aug 04 |
Penumbral |
Saros series
editLunar saros series 132, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 44 umbral lunar eclipses (32 partial lunar eclipses and 12 total lunar eclipses).
Greatest | First | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2123 Jun 9, lasting 106 minutes.[1] |
Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
1492 May 12 |
1636 Aug 16 |
2015 Apr 4 |
2069 May 6 | |
Last | ||||
Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
2177 Jul 11 |
2213 Aug 2 |
2429 Dec 11 |
2754 Jun 26 |
There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on earth.
1907 Jan 29 | 1925 Feb 8 | 1943 Feb 20 | |||
1961 Mar 2 | 1979 Mar 13 | 1997 Mar 24 | |||
2015 Apr 4 | 2033 Apr 14 | 2051 Apr 26 | |||
2069 May 6 | 2087 May 17 | ||||
See also
editExternal links
edit- Saros series 132
- 1943 Feb 20 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC