October 1940 lunar eclipse
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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, October 16, 1940, the last of three lunar eclipses in 1940.
Visibility
[edit]Related lunar eclipses
[edit]Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | |
110 | 1937 May 25![]() | Penumbral![]() | 115 | 1937 Nov 18![]() | Partial![]() | |
120 | 1938 May 14![]() | Total![]() | 125 | 1938 Nov 07![]() | Total![]() | |
130 | 1939 May 03![]() | Total![]() | 135 | 1939 Oct 28![]() | Partial![]() | |
140 | 1940 Apr 22![]() | Penumbral![]() | 145 | 1940 Oct 16![]() | Penumbral![]() |
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).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 152.
October 11, 1931 | October 21, 1949 |
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
[edit]- 1940 Oct 16 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC