August 1961 lunar eclipse

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

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Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1958–1962
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

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It is part of Saros series 137.

Tritos series

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Tzolkinex

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See also

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Notes

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