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October 1958 lunar eclipse

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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Monday, October 27, 1958.[1]

Visibility

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Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1955–1958
Ascending node   Descending node
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

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).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 152.

October 21, 1949 November 2, 1967

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Saros Series of Lunar Eclipses". moonblink.info. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  2. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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