Total Lunar Eclipse September 5, 1960 | |
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(No photo) | |
The Moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
Series | 127 (39 of 72) |
Gamma | 0.2422 |
Magnitude | 1.4239 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | 1:26:40 |
Partial | 3:30:50 |
Penumbral | 5:26:44 |
Contacts UTC | |
P1 | 8:38:30 |
U1 | 9:36:27 |
U2 | 10:38:30 |
Greatest | 11:21:51 |
U3 | 12:05:12 |
U4 | 13:07:15 |
P4 | 14:05:12 |
A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, September 5, 1960. The Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.[1]
This is the 39th member of Lunar Saros 127. The previous event is the August 1942 lunar eclipse. The next event is the September 1978 lunar eclipse.