September 1959 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on September 17, 1959.[1]

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1958–1962
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

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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 124.

September 12, 1950	September 22, 1968

Notes

Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 117
Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links

1959 Sep 17 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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[1] Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 117

[2] Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros