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January 1936 lunar eclipse

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A total lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, January 8, 1936. It was the second total lunar eclipse of Saros series 133.

Visibility

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1933–1936
Descending node   Ascending node
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

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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

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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