April 1940 lunar eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on April 22, 1940. This was a deep penumbral eclipse, with the moon southern limb passing close to the northern umbral shadow.
Visibility[]
Related lunar eclipses[]
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 110 | 1937 May 25
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Penumbral
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115 | 1937 Nov 18
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Partial
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| 120 | 1938 May 14
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Total
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125 | 1938 Nov 07
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Total
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| 130 | 1939 May 03
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Total
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135 | 1939 Oct 28
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Partial
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| 140 | 1940 Apr 22
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Penumbral
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145 | 1940 Oct 16
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Penumbral
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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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 147.
| April 18, 1931 | April 28, 1949 |
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See also[]
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
Notes[]
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links[]
- 1940 Apr 22 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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