May 1957 lunar eclipse
Total Lunar Eclipse May 13, 1957 | |
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![]() The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
Series | 130 (31 of 72) |
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A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, May 13, 1957, the third of fourteen total lunar eclipses of Lunar Saros 130. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour and 18 minutes, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 30% of its diameter inside the Earth's umbral shadow. The visual effect of this depends on the state of the Earth's atmosphere, but the Moon may have been stained a deep red colour. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 32 minutes in total.
Visibility
[edit]Related lunar eclipses
[edit]Lunar year series
[edit]Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | |
110 | 1955 Jun 5![]() | Penumbral![]() | 115 | 1955 Nov 29![]() | Partial![]() | |
120 | 1956 May 24![]() | Partial![]() | 125 | 1956 Nov 18![]() | Total![]() | |
130 | 1957 May 13![]() | Total![]() | 135 | 1957 Nov 7![]() | Total![]() | |
140 | 1958 May 3![]() | Partial![]() | 145 | 1958 Oct 27![]() | Penumbral![]() | |
Last set | 1954 Jul 16 | Last set | 1955 Jan 8 | |||
Next set | 1958 Apr 4 | Next set | 1959 Sep 17 |
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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 137.
May 9, 1948 | May 20, 1966 |
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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]- 1957 May 13 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC