April 1958 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Friday, April 4, 1958, the first of three lunar eclipses in 1958. This was the last penumbral lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 102. In this extremely marginal eclipse, the Moon barely clipped the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow. This caused a microscopic darkening of just 1% of the Moon's disc for 31 minutes exactly, which was essentially impossible to see.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1958–1962

Ascending node					Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
102	1958 Apr 04	Penumbral	-1.53805
112	1959 Mar 24	Partial	-0.87571		117	1959 Sep 17	Penumbral	1.02963
122	1960 Mar 13	Total	-0.17990		127	1960 Sep 05	Total	0.24219
132	1961 Mar 02	Partial	0.55406		137	1961 Aug 26	Partial	-0.48947
142	1962 Feb 19	Penumbral	1.25115		147	1962 Aug 15	Penumbral	-1.22104
Last set	1958 May 03				Last set	1958 Oct 27
Next set	1963 Jan 09				Next set	1962 Jul 17

See also

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

External links

• 1958 Apr 04 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC