November 1955 lunar eclipse

Partial lunar eclipse November 29, 1955

Partial eclipse

The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left

Date

November 29, 1955

Gamma

0.9551

Magnitude

0.1190

Saros cycle

115 (54 of 72)

Partiality

74 minutes, 10 seconds

Penumbral

253 minutes, 0 seconds

Contacts (UTC)
P1	14:52:59
U1	16:22:25
Greatest	16:59:28
U4	17:36:35
P4	19:05:59

← June 1955 May 1956 →

A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Tuesday, November 29, 1955, with an umbral magnitude of 0.1190. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when one part of the Moon is in the Earth's umbra, while the other part is in the Earth's penumbra. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. Occurring only about 18.5 hours before perigee (on November 30, 1955, at 11:25 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over eastern Europe, Asia, and Australia, seen rising over Africa and western Europe and setting over the central Pacific Ocean and northwestern North America.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

November 29, 1955 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	1.09167
Umbral Magnitude	0.11899
Gamma	0.95514
Sun Right Ascension	16h19m25.1s
Sun Declination	-21°25'59.1"
Sun Semi-Diameter	16'13.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.9"
Moon Right Ascension	04h19m06.8s
Moon Declination	+22°24'16.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter	16'40.3"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	1°01'11.3"
ΔT	31.4 s

Eclipse season

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipses of 1955–1958

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

The penumbral lunar eclipse on January 8, 1955 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the penumbral lunar eclipse on April 4, 1958 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1955 to 1958
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
110	1955 Jun 05	Penumbral	−1.2384	115	1955 Nov 29	Partial	0.9551
120	1956 May 24	Partial	−0.4726	125	1956 Nov 18	Total	0.2917
130	1957 May 13	Total	0.3046	135	1957 Nov 07	Total	−0.4332
140	1958 May 03	Partial	1.0188	145	1958 Oct 27	Penumbral	−1.1571

Saros 115

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 115, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on April 21, 1000. It contains partial eclipses from July 6, 1126 through September 30, 1270; total eclipses from October 11, 1288 through July 20, 1739; and a second set of partial eclipses from July 30, 1757 through February 13, 2082. The series ends at member 72 as a penumbral eclipse on June 13, 2280.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 36 at 99 minutes, 47 seconds on May 15, 1631. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1631 May 15, lasting 99 minutes, 47 seconds.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1000 Apr 21	1126 Jul 06	1288 Oct 11	1541 Mar 12
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	1685 Jun 16	1739 Jul 20	2082 Feb 13	2280 Jun 13

Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

Series members 46–67 occur between 1801 and 2200:
46	47	48
1811 Sep 02	1829 Sep 13	1847 Sep 24

49	50	51
1865 Oct 04	1883 Oct 16	1901 Oct 27

52	53	54
1919 Nov 07	1937 Nov 18	1955 Nov 29

55	56	57
1973 Dec 10	1991 Dec 21	2009 Dec 31

58	59	60
2028 Jan 12	2046 Jan 22	2064 Feb 02

61	62	63
2082 Feb 13	2100 Feb 24	2118 Mar 07

64	65	66
2136 Mar 18	2154 Mar 29	2172 Apr 09

67
2190 Apr 20

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 122.