February 1943 lunar eclipse

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A partial lunar eclipse took place on 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[]

Related lunar eclipses[]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1940–1944

Ascending 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[]

Lunar 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.

1901–2100

				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[]

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

External links[]

• Saros series 132
• 1943 Feb 20 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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