December 1963 lunar eclipse
Total lunar eclipse December 30, 1963
Total Lunar Eclipse December 30, 1963 | |
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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. | |
Series | 124 (46 of 74) |
Gamma | -0.2889 |
Magnitude | 1.3350 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | 1:18:07 |
Partial | 3:24:18 |
Penumbral | 5:19:57 |
Contacts UTC | |
P1 | 8:27:25 |
U1 | 9:25:16 |
U2 | 10:28:22 |
Greatest | 11:07:25 |
U3 | 11:46:28 |
U4 | 12:49:34 |
P4 | 13:27:25 |
A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, December 30, 1963. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour and 18 minutes, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 33.5% of its diameter inside the Earth's umbral shadow. The visual effect of this depends on the state of the Earth's atmosphere, but the Moon may have been stained a deep red colour. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 24 minutes in total.[1]
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
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Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | |
109 | 1962 Jul 17 | Penumbral | 1.33712 | 114 | 1963 Jan 09 | Penumbral | -1.01282 | |
119 | 1963 Jul 06 | Partial | 0.61972 | 124 | 1963 Dec 30 | Total | -0.28889 | |
129 | 1964 Jun 25 | Total | -0.14611 | 134 | 1964 Dec 19 | Total | 0.38008 | |
139 | 1965 Jun 14 | Partial | -0.90055 | 144 | 1965 Dec 08 | Penumbral | 1.07748 | |
Last set | 1962 Aug 15 | Last set | 1962 Feb 19 | |||||
Next set | 1966 May 04 | Next set | 1966 Oct 29 |
Saros series
It was part of Saros series 124.
Tritos
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of January 29, 1953
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of November 29, 1974
Tzolkinex
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 1956
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of February 10, 1970
See also
Notes
- ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 124
External links
- 1963 Dec 30 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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