February 1951 lunar eclipse
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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, February 21, 1951. This was 6.4 days after the Moon reached apogee.[1]
Grazing penumbral eclipse
The magnitude of the eclipse was 0.007 or a miss depending on definitions of the penumbral shadow is defined. Bao-Lin Lui's Canon of lunar eclipses list it as the last eclipse of a saros cycle, with magnitude 0.007, while NASA lists February 10, 1933, as the final series event, with this one missing the shadow.[2]
As seen from the lunar south pole the sun missing the sphere of the earth, excluding the atmosphere.
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | |
103 | 1951 Feb 21 | Penumbral | 108 | 1951 Aug 17 | Penumbral | |
113 | 1952 Feb 11 | Partial | 118 | 1952 Aug 5 | Partial | |
123 | 1953 Jan 29 | Total | 128 | 1953 Jul 26 | Total | |
133 | 1954 Jan 19 | Total | 138 | 1954 Jul 16 | Partial | |
143 | 1955 Jan 8 | Penumbral | ||||
Last set | 1951 Mar 23 | Last set | 1951 Sep 15 | |||
Next set | 1955 Nov 29 | Next set | 1955 Jun 5 |
Metonic cycle (19 years)
This is the third of five Metonic lunar eclipses.
The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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Saros | Date | Type | Saros | Date | Type | |
103 | 1951 Feb 21.88 | Penumbral | 108 | 1951 Aug 17.13 | Penumbral | |
113 | 1970 Feb 21.35 | Partial | 118 | 1970 Aug 17.14 | Partial | |
123 | 1989 Feb 20.64 | Total | 128 | 1989 Aug 17.13 | Total | |
133 | 2008 Feb 21.14 | Total | 138 | 2008 Aug 16.88 | Partial | |
143 | 2027 Feb 20.96 | Penumbral | 148 | 2027 Aug 17.30 | Penumbral | |
See also
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
- August 2016 lunar eclipse
- October 2042 lunar eclipse
Notes
References
- Bao-Lin Lui, Alan D. Fiala, Canon of lunar eclipses 1500BC-3000AD, 1992, p. 157, no. 8397, magnitude 0.007.
External links
- NASA chart
- 1951 Feb 21 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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