December 1965 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, December 8, 1965. At maximum eclipse, 88% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth, which caused a slight shadow gradient across its disc; this subtle effect may have been visible to careful observers. No part of the Moon was in complete shadow. The eclipse lasted 4 hours and 1 minute overall.[1]

Visibility

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Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1962–1965
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
109 1962 Jul 17
 
Penumbral
 
1.33712 114 1963 Jan 09
 
Penumbral
 
-1.01282
119 1963 Jul 06
 
Partial
 
0.61972 124 1963 Dec 30
 
Total
 
-0.28889
129 1964 Jun 25
 
Total
 
-0.14611 134 1964 Dec 19
 
Total
 
0.38008
139 1965 Jun 14
 
Partial
 
-0.90055 144 1965 Dec 08
 
Penumbral
 
1.07748
Last set 1962 Aug 15 Last set 1962 Feb 19
Next set 1966 May 04 Next set 1966 Oct 29

Saros cycle

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Lunar Saros series 144, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 20 total lunar eclipses.

First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1749 Jul 29

First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2146 Mar 28

First Total Lunar Eclipse: 2308 Jul 04

First Central Lunar Eclipse: 2362 Aug 06

Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 144: 2416 Sep 07

Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 2488 Oct 20

Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2651 Jan 28

Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2867 Jun 08

Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 3011 Sep 04

Half-Saros cycle

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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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 151.

December 2, 1956 December 13, 1974
   

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 144
  2. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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