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November 1956 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
November 18, 1956
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 125 (45 of 72)
Gamma 0.2917
Magnitude 1.3172
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 1:18:24
Partial 3:29:31
Penumbral 5:32:22
Contacts | UTC
P1 4:02:10
U1 5:03:31
U2 6:09:04
Greatest 6:48:16
U3 7:27:28
U4 8:33:01
P4 9:34:22

A total lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, November 18, 1956.[1]

Visibility

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Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1955–1958
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
viewing
Type
chart
Saros Date
viewing
Type
chart
110 1955 Jun 5
Penumbral
115 1955 Nov 29
Partial
120 1956 May 24
Partial
125 1956 Nov 18
Total
130 1957 May 13
Total
135 1957 Nov 7
Total
140 1958 May 3
Partial
145 1958 Oct 27
Penumbral
Last set 1954 Jul 16 Last set 1955 Jan 8
Next set 1958 Apr 4 Next set 1959 Sep 17

Tritos series

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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
120 1902 Apr 22
Total
121 1913 Mar 22
Total
122 1924 Feb 20
Total
123 1935 Jan 19
Total
124 1945 Dec 19
Total
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

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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 132.

November 12, 1947 November 23, 1965

Tzolkinex

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 125
  2. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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