April 1903 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse | |||||||||||||
Date | April 12, 1903 | ||||||||||||
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Gamma | 0.4798 | ||||||||||||
Magnitude | 0.9677 | ||||||||||||
Saros cycle | 130 (28 of 72) | ||||||||||||
Partiality | 196 minutes and 31 seconds | ||||||||||||
Penumbral | 330 minutes and 6 seconds | ||||||||||||
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A partial lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, April 12, 1903. This nearly total lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 130 preceded the first total eclipse on April 22, 1921. The Moon was almost covered by the Earth's shadow in a very deep partial eclipse, which lasted 3 hours and 17 minutes, with 96.77% of the Moon in shadow at maximum eclipse.
Visibility
[edit]Related lunar eclipses
[edit]Saros series
[edit]Lunar saros series 130, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 56 umbral lunar eclipses (42 partial lunar eclipses and 14 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 137 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.
Greatest | First | |||
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![]() The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2029 Jun 26, lasting 102 minutes.[1] | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
1416 Jun 10 | 1560 Sep 4 | 1921 Apr 22![]() | 1957 May 13![]() | |
Last | ||||
Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
2083 Jul 29![]() | 2155 Sep 11 | 2552 May 10 | 2678 Jul 26 |
1903 Apr 12 | 1921 Apr 22 | 1939 May 3 | |||
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1957 May 13 | 1975 May 25 | 1993 Jun 4 | |||
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2011 Jun 15 | 2029 Jun 26 | 2047 Jul 7 | |||
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2065 Jul 17 | 2083 Jul 29 | ||||
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Half-Saros cycle
[edit]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 hybrid solar eclipses of Solar Saros 137 (1 hybrid solar eclipse after 1901).
April 17, 1912 |
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Listing of Eclipses of cycle 130
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
[edit]- 1903 Apr 12 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC