September 1960 lunar eclipse
| Total Lunar Eclipse September 5, 1960 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 127 (39 of 72) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | |
| Partial | |
| Penumbral | |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | UTC |
| U1 | |
| U2 | |
| Greatest | |
| U3 | |
| U4 | |
| P4 | |
A total lunar eclipse took place on September 5, 1960. The moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.[1]
Visibility
It was visible over the Pacific ocean, and seen rising over Asia and Australia, and setting over North and South America.
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 102 | 1958 Apr 4 |
Penumbral | ||||
| 112 | 1959 Mar 24 |
Partial |
117 | 1959 Sep 17 |
Penumbral | |
| 122 | 1960 Mar 13 |
Total |
127 | 1960 Sep 5 |
Total | |
| 132 | 1961 Mar 2 |
Partial |
137 | 1961 Aug 26 |
Partial | |
| 142 | 1962 Feb 19 |
Penumbral |
147 | 1962 Aug 15 |
Penumbral | |
| Last set | 1958 May 3 | Last set | 1958 Oct 27 | |||
| Next set | 1963 Jan 9 | Next set | 1962 Jul 17 | |||
See also
Notes
External links
- 1960 Sep 05 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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