January 1936 lunar eclipse
Appearance
A total lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, January 8, 1936. It was the second total lunar eclipse of Saros series 133.
Visibility
[edit]Related lunar eclipses
[edit]Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
103 | 1933 Feb 10 |
Penumbral |
108 | 1933 Aug 05 |
Penumbral | |
113 | 1934 Jan 30 |
Partial |
118 | 1934 Jul 26 |
Partial | |
123 | 1935 Jan 19 |
Total |
128 | 1935 Jul 16 |
Total | |
133 | 1936 Jan 08 |
Total |
138 | 1936 Jul 04 |
Partial | |
143 | 1936 Dec 28 |
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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 140.
January 3, 1927 | January 14, 1945 |
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
[edit]- 1936 Jan 08 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC