| Partial Lunar Eclipse May 3, 1958 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 140 (22 of 80) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | 0:21[1] |
| Penumbral | |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 10:11:49 UTC[1] |
| U1 | 12:02:26 [1] |
| Greatest | 12:12:55 [1] |
| U4 | 12:23:22 [1] |
| P4 | 14:14:03 [1] |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, May 3, 1958. This was the first partial lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 140. While technically a partial eclipse, the Moon barely clipped the Earth's umbral shadow, which may have been very difficult to observe in practice; though a shading across the moon from the Earth's penumbral shadow should have been visible at maximum eclipse. The partial eclipse lasted for 21 minutes exactly. 0.919% of the Moon was in umbral shadow on Saturday, 3 May 1958.[2]
- ^ a b c d e f "Partial Lunar Eclipse on May 3, 1958 – Where and When to See". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ^ "Saros Series of Lunar Eclipses". moonblink.info. Retrieved 2021-01-22.