| Total Lunar Eclipse of
13 August 1859[1] | |
|---|---|
| Gamma | 0.0038 |
| Magnitude | 1.8148 |
| Series (and member) | 126 (36 of 70) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | 1:46:28 |
| Partial | 3:56:00 |
| Penumbral | 6:15:01 |
| Contacts (UTC) | |
| P1 | 13:26:47 |
| U1 | 14:36:18 |
| U2 | 15:41:04 |
| Greatest | 16:34:18 |
| U3 | 17:27:32 |
| U4 | 18:32:19 |
| P4 | 19:41:48 |
The August 1859 lunar eclipse was a total lunar eclipse that occurred on Saturday, August 13, 1859. This was the second and last lunar eclipse in 1859, as well as the last lunar eclipse in the 1850's. The totality for this eclipse lasted 106 minutes and 28 seconds, the longest duration since May 3, 459 (106 minutes and 32 seconds). A totality of this length will not occur again until August 19, 4753 (106 minutes and 35 seconds). During the totality of this eclipse, the moon was in the constellation of Capricornus.[2]