May 1937 lunar eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, May 25, 1937, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1937.
Visibility
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Related lunar eclipses
[edit]| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date viewing |
Type chart |
Saros | Date viewing |
Type chart | |
| 110 | 1937 May 25
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Penumbral
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115 | 1937 Nov 18
|
Partial
| |
| 120 | 1938 May 14
|
Total
|
125 | 1938 Nov 07
|
Total
| |
| 130 | 1939 May 03
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Total
|
135 | 1939 Oct 28
|
Partial
| |
| 140 | 1940 Apr 22
|
Penumbral
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145 | 1940 Oct 16
|
Penumbral
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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).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to one total and one partial = two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 117.
| May 19, 1928 | May 30, 1946 |
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
[edit]- 1937 May 25 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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