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January 1955 lunar eclipse

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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, January 8, 1955.[1]

Visibility

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Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1951–1955
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
viewing
Type
chart
Saros Date
viewing
Type
chart
103 1951 Feb 21
Penumbral
108 1951 Aug 17
Penumbral
113 1952 Feb 11
Partial
118 1952 Aug 5
Partial
123 1953 Jan 29
Total
128 1953 Jul 26
Total
133 1954 Jan 19
Total
138 1954 Jul 16
Partial
143 1955 Jan 8
Penumbral
Last set 1951 Mar 23 Last set 1951 Sep 15
Next set 1955 Nov 29 Next set 1955 Jun 5

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 150.

January 3, 1946 January 14, 1964

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 143
  2. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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