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October 1949 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
October 7, 1949
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The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 126 (42 of 72)
Gamma -0.3219
Magnitude 1.2236
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 1:12:50
Partial 3:42:53
Penumbral 6:09:11
Contacts UTC
P1 23:52:19
U1 1:05:28
U2 2:50:31
Greatest 2:56:55
U3 3:33:19
U4 4:48:22
P4 6:01:31

A total lunar eclipse took place on Friday, October 7, 1949, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1949.

Visibility

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Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1947–1951
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
viewing
Type
chart
Saros Date
viewing
Type
chart
111 1948 Apr 23
Partial
116 1948 Oct 18
Penumbral
121 1949 Apr 13
Total
126 1949 Oct 07
Total
131 1950 Apr 02
Total
136 1950 Sep 26
Total
141 1951 Mar 23
Penumbral
146 1951 Sep 15
Penumbral

Saros series

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It is part of saros series 126.

Lunar saros series 126, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 70 lunar eclipse events including 14 total lunar eclipses. Solar Saros 133 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

First penumbral lunar eclipse: 18 July 1228

First partial lunar eclipse: 24 March 1625

First total lunar eclipse: 19 June 1769

First central lunar eclipse: 11 July 1805

Greatest eclipse of the lunar saros 126: 13 August 1859, lasting 106 minutes.

Last central lunar eclipse: 26 September 1931

Last total lunar eclipse: 9 November 2003

Last partial lunar eclipse: 5 June 2346

Last penumbral lunar eclipse: 19 August 2472

1901-2100

15 September 1913

26 September 1931

7 October 1949

18 October 1967

28 October 1985

9 November 2003

19 November 2021

30 November 2039

11 December 2057

22 December 2075

1 January 2094


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).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 133.

October 1, 1940 October 12, 1958

Tritos

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Tzolkinex

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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