June 1965 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse took place on June 14, 1965. At maximum eclipse, a small bite out of the Moon should have been visible. The eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 40 minutes, with just 18% of the Moon in shadow at maximum.[1]

Partial Lunar Eclipse
June 14, 1965
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series139 (19 of 81)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1UTC
U1
Greatest
U4
P4

Visibility

Lunar year series
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1962–1965
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart
109 1962 Jul 17
 Penumbral
 114 1963 Jan 9
 Penumbral
119 1963 Jul 6
 Partial
 124 1963 Dec 30
 Total
129 1964 Jun 25
 Total
 134 1964 Dec 19
 Total
139 1965 Jun 14
 Partial
 144 1965 Dec 8
 Penumbral
Last set 1962 Aug 15 Last set 1962 Feb 19
Next set 1966 May 4 Next set 1966 Oct 29

Half-Saros cycle

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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 146.

June 8, 1956 June 20, 1974

Saros cycle

Lunar Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 79 lunar eclipse events including 27 total lunar eclipses.

First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1658 Dec 09

First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1947 Jun 03

First Total Lunar Eclipse: 2073 Aug 17

First Central Lunar Eclipse: 2109 Sep 09

Greatest Eclipse of Lunar Saros 139: 2199 Nov 02

Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 2488 Apr 26

Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2542 May 30

Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2686 Aug 25

Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 3065 Apr 13

See also

Notes
  1. Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 139
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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