| Partial Lunar Eclipse March 2, 1961 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
|  The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 132 (27 of 71) | 
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | |
| Penumbral | |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | UTC | 
| U1 | |
| Greatest | |
| U4 | |
| P4 | |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, March 2, 1961, the first of two partial lunar eclipses in 1961.
Visibility

Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | |
| 102 | 1958 Apr 4  | Penumbral  | ||||
| 112 | 1959 Mar 24  | Partial  | 117 | 1959 Sep 17  | Penumbral  | |
| 122 | 1960 Mar 13  | Total  | 127 | 1960 Sep 5  | Total  | |
| 132 | 1961 Mar 2  | Partial  | 137 | 1961 Aug 26  | Partial  | |
| 142 | 1962 Feb 19  | Penumbral  | 147 | 1962 Aug 15  | Penumbral  | |
| Last set | 1958 May 3 | Last set | 1958 Oct 27 | |||
| Next set | 1963 Jan 9 | Next set | 1962 Jul 17 | |||
Saros series
Lunar saros series 132, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 44 umbral lunar eclipses (32 partial lunar eclipses and 12 total lunar eclipses).
| Greatest | First | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2123 Jun 9, lasting 106 minutes.[1] | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central | 
| 1492 May 12  | 1636 Aug 16  | 2015 Apr 4  | 2069 May 6  | |
| Last | ||||
| Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
| 2177 Jul 11  | 2213 Aug 2  | 2429 Dec 11  | 2754 Jun 26  | |
There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on earth.
| 1907 Jan 29 | 1925 Feb 8 | 1943 Feb 20 | |||
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| 1961 Mar 2 | 1979 Mar 13 | 1997 Mar 24 | |||
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| 2015 Apr 4 | 2033 Apr 14 | 2051 Apr 26 | |||
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| 2069 May 6 | 2087 May 17 | ||||
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Half-Saros cycle
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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 139.
| February 25, 1952 | March 7, 1970 | 
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See also
Notes
- ↑ Listing of Eclipses of series 132
- ↑ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 1961 Mar 02 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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