| Partial Lunar Eclipse August 26, 1961 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 137 (25 of 81) |
| Gamma | -0.4894 |
| Magnitude | 0.9863 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | 3:06:00 |
| Penumbral | 5:01:24 |
| Contacts (UTC) | |
| P1 | 0:38:09 |
| U1 | 1:35:51 |
| Greatest | 3:08:51 |
| U4 | 4:41:51 |
| P4 | 5:39:33 |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, August 26, 1961, the second of two partial lunar eclipses in 1961. This nearly total lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 137 preceded the first total eclipse on September 6, 1979.[1] It took place around lunar perigee, therefore as a result, the Moon appeared larger than usual. It was the largest partial lunar eclipse since October 28, 1939, making it the second largest partial lunar eclipse of the 20th century.
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | |
| 102 | 1958 Apr 04 | Penumbral | -1.53805 | |||||
| 112 | 1959 Mar 24 | Partial | -0.87571 | 117 | 1959 Sep 17 | Penumbral | 1.02963 | |
| 122 | 1960 Mar 13 | Total | -0.17990 | 127 | 1960 Sep 05 | Total | 0.24219 | |
| 132 | 1961 Mar 02 | Partial | 0.55406 | 137 | 1961 Aug 26 | Partial | -0.48947 | |
| 142 | 1962 Feb 19 | Penumbral | 1.25115 | 147 | 1962 Aug 15 | Penumbral | -1.22104 | |
| Last set | 1958 May 03 | Last set | 1958 Oct 27 | |||||
| Next set | 1963 Jan 09 | Next set | 1962 Jul 17 | |||||
Saros series
It is part of Saros series 137.
Tritos series
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of September 26, 1950
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of July 26, 1972
Tzolkinex
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 1954
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of October 6, 1968
See also
Notes
External links
- 1961 Aug 26 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC