January 1953 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse
January 29, 1953
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 123 (49 of 73)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1 UTC
U1
U2
Greatest
U3
U4
P4

A total lunar eclipse took place on January 29, 1953. The moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.[1]

Visibility

It could be completely seen from Europe and Africa, seen rising from North and South America, and setting over Asia.

Lunar year series

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

Tritos series

The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.

This series produces 23 total eclipses between June 22, 1880 and August 9, 2120.

Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2100)
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
chart
119 1902 Apr 22
 Partial
 120 1913 Mar 22
 Partial
121 1924 Feb 20
 Partial
 122 1935 Jan 19
 Partial
124 1945 Dec 19
 Partial
 125 1956 Nov 18
 Total
126 1967 Oct 18
 Total
 127 1978 Sep 16
 Total
128 1989 Aug 17
 Total
 129 2000 Jul 16
 Total
130 2011 Jun 15
 Total
 131 2022 May 16
 Total
132 2033 Apr 14
 Total
 133 2044 Mar 13
 Total
134 2055 Feb 11
 Total
 135 2066 Jan 11
 Total
136 2076 Dec 10
 Total
 137 2087 Nov 10
 Total
138 2098 Oct 10
 Total

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 123


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