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| Total Lunar Eclipse October 7, 1949 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 126 (42 of 72) |
| Gamma | -0.3219 |
| Magnitude | 1.2236 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | 1:12:50 |
| Partial | 3:42:53 |
| Penumbral | 6:09:11 |
| Contacts UTC | |
| P1 | 23:52:19 |
| U1 | 1:05:28 |
| U2 | 2:50:31 |
| Greatest | 2:56:55 |
| U3 | 3:33:19 |
| U4 | 4:48:22 |
| P4 | 6:01:31 |
A total lunar eclipse took place on Friday, October 7, 1949, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1949.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 111 | 1948 Apr 23
|
Partial
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116 | 1948 Oct 18
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Penumbral
| |
| 121 | 1949 Apr 13
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Total
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126 | 1949 Oct 07
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Total
| |
| 131 | 1950 Apr 02
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Total
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136 | 1950 Sep 26
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Total
| |
| 141 | 1951 Mar 23
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Penumbral
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146 | 1951 Sep 15
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Penumbral
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It is part of saros series 126.
Lunar saros series 126, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 70 lunar eclipse events including 14 total lunar eclipses. Solar Saros 133 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.
First penumbral lunar eclipse: 18 July 1228
First partial lunar eclipse: 24 March 1625
First total lunar eclipse: 19 June 1769
First central lunar eclipse: 11 July 1805
Greatest eclipse of the lunar saros 126: 13 August 1859, lasting 106 minutes.
Last central lunar eclipse: 26 September 1931
Last total lunar eclipse: 9 November 2003
Last partial lunar eclipse: 5 June 2346
Last penumbral lunar eclipse: 19 August 2472
1901-2100
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (ahalf saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 133.
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