December 1963 lunar eclipse
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) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | |
Partial | |
Penumbral | |
Contacts | |
P1 | UTC |
U1 | |
U2 | |
Greatest | |
U3 | |
U4 | |
P4 |
A total lunar eclipse took place on December 30, 1963. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour and 18 minutes, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 34% 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 |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
109 | 1962 Jul 17![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
114 | 1963 Jan 9![]() |
Penumbral![]() | |
119 | 1963 Jul 6![]() |
Partial![]() |
124 | 1963 Dec 30![]() |
Total![]() | |
129 | 1964 Jun 25![]() |
Total![]() |
134 | 1964 Dec 19![]() |
Total![]() | |
139 | 1965 Jun 14![]() |
Partial![]() |
144 | 1965 Dec 8![]() |
Penumbral![]() | |
Last set | 1962 Aug 15 | Last set | 1962 Feb 19 | |||
Next set | 1966 May 4 | Next set | 1966 Oct 29 |
See also[]
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
Notes[]
External links[]
- 1963 Dec 30 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
Categories:
- 20th-century lunar eclipses
- 1963 in science
- December 1963 events
- Lunar eclipse stubs