January 1954 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
January 19, 1954
(No photo)
Lunar eclipse chart close-1954Jan19.png
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 133 (23 of 71)
Gamma -0.4357
Magnitude 1.0322
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 28:23
Partial 3:22:56
Penumbral 5:41:22
Contacts (UTC)
P1 23:41:45
U1 0:50:54
U2 2:18:15
Greatest 2:32:21
U3 2:46:27
U4 4:13:48
P4 5:22:57

A total lunar eclipse took place on January 19, 1954.[1]

Visibility[]

Lunar eclipse from moon-1954Jan19.png

Related lunar eclipses[]

Lunar year series[]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1951–1955
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
103 1951 Feb 21
Lunar eclipse from moon-1951Feb21.png
Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-1951Feb21.png
108 1951 Aug 17
Lunar eclipse from moon-1951Aug17.png
Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-1951Aug17.png
113 1952 Feb 11
Lunar eclipse from moon-1952Feb11.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1952Feb11.png
118 1952 Aug 5
Lunar eclipse from moon-1952Aug05.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1952Aug05.png
123 1953 Jan 29
Lunar eclipse from moon-1953Jan29.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1953Jan29.png
128 1953 Jul 26
Lunar eclipse from moon-1953Jul26.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1953Jul26.png
133 1954 Jan 19
Lunar eclipse from moon-1954Jan19.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1954Jan19.png
138 1954 Jul 16
Lunar eclipse from moon-1954Jul16.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1954Jul16.png
143 1955 Jan 8
Lunar eclipse from moon-1955Jan08.png
Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-1955Jan08.png
Last set 1951 Mar 23 Last set 1951 Sep 15
Next set 1955 Nov 29 Next set 1955 Jun 5

Half-Saros cycle[]

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 140.

January 14, 1945 January 25, 1963
SE1945Jan14A.png SE1963Jan25A.png

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 133
  2. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

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