Template:Lunar eclipse set 1940–1944
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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 | ||||||||
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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 |
- ^ 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.