July 1962 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on July 17, 1962. This very subtle penumbral eclipse was essentially invisible to the naked eye; though it lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes, just 39% of the Moon's disc was in partial shadow (with no part of it in complete shadow). ^[1]

Visibility[]

Related lunar eclipses[]

Lunar year series[]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1962–1965

Descending node				Ascending node
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

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 116.

July 11, 1953	July 22, 1971

See also[]

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

Notes[]

External links[]

• 1962 Jul 17 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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