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August 1943 lunar eclipse

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A partial lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, August 15, 1943. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 2 hours and 58 minutes, with 87% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.

Visibility

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1940–1944
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
viewing
Type
chart
Saros Date
viewing
Type
chart
102 1940 Mar 23
Penumbral
107
112 1941 Mar 13
Partial
117 1941 Sep 05
Partial
122 1942 Mar 03
Total
127 1942 Aug 26
Total
132 1943 Feb 20
Partial
137 1943 Aug 15
Partial
142 1944 Feb 09
Penumbral
147 1944 Aug 04
Penumbral

Saros series

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It is part of Saros series 137.

See also

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