Template:Lunar eclipse set 1940–1944

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[1]

The penumbral lunar eclipses on April 22, 1940 and October 16, 1940 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the penumbral lunar eclipses on July 6, 1944 and December 29, 1944 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1940 to 1944
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
102 1940 Mar 23
Penumbral
−1.5034 107
112 1941 Mar 13
Partial
−0.8437 117 1941 Sep 05
Partial
0.9747
122 1942 Mar 03
Total
−0.1545 127 1942 Aug 26
Total
0.1818
132 1943 Feb 20
Partial
0.5752 137 1943 Aug 15
Partial
−0.5534
142 1944 Feb 09
Penumbral
1.2698 147 1944 Aug 04
Penumbral
−1.2843
  1. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.