September 1960 lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse September 5, 1960

Total eclipse

The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left

Date

September 5, 1960

Gamma

0.2422

Magnitude

1.4239

Saros cycle

127 (39 of 72)

Totality

86 minutes, 40 seconds

Partiality

210 minutes, 50 seconds

Penumbral

326 minutes, 44 seconds

Contacts (UTC)
P1	8:37:58
U1	9:35:52
U2	10:37:57
Greatest	11:21:17
U3	12:04:37
U4	13:06:41
P4	14:04:42

← March 1960 March 1961 →

A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, September 5, 1960, with an umbral magnitude of 1.4239. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. 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. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 2.5 days after perigee (on September 2, 1960, at 22:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over eastern Australia, northeast Asia, and northwestern North America, seen rising over western Australia and the eastern half of Asia and setting over North and South America.

Eclipse details

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

September 5, 1960 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	2.40311
Umbral Magnitude	1.42386
Gamma	0.24219
Sun Right Ascension	10h56m53.2s
Sun Declination	+06°43'28.1"
Sun Semi-Diameter	15'52.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.7"
Moon Right Ascension	22h56m36.4s
Moon Declination	-06°29'41.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter	16'12.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	0°59'28.1"
ΔT	33.5 s

Eclipse season

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipses of 1958–1962

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1958–1962
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
102	1958 Apr 04	Penumbral	-1.53805
112	1959 Mar 24	Partial	-0.87571	117	1959 Sep 17	Penumbral	1.02963
122	1960 Mar 13	Total	-0.17990	127	1960 Sep 05	Total	0.24219
132	1961 Mar 02	Partial	0.55406	137	1961 Aug 26	Partial	-0.48947
142	1962 Feb 19	Penumbral	1.25115	147	1962 Aug 15	Penumbral	-1.22104

Last set	1958 May 03			Last set	1958 Oct 27

Next set	1963 Jan 09			Next set	1962 Jul 17

Saros 127

Lunar saros series 127, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 54 umbral lunar eclipses (38 partial lunar eclipses and 16 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 134 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1888 Jul 23, lasting 102 minutes.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1275 Jul 09	1473 Nov 04	1798 May 29	1834 Jun 21
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	1960 Sep 05	2068 Nov 09	2429 Jun 17	2555 Sep 02

1901–2100
1906 Aug 04	1924 Aug 14	1942 Aug 26

1960 Sep 05	1978 Sep 16	1996 Sep 27

2014 Oct 08	2032 Oct 18	2050 Oct 30

2068 Nov 09

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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 134.