December 1964 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on December 19, 1964. A shallow total eclipse saw the Moon in relative darkness for 58 minutes and 54 seconds. The Moon was 17% of its diameter into the Earth's umbral shadow, and should have been significantly darkened. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 16 minutes in total.[1] The eclipse afforded astrophysicist J. M. Saari the opportunity to make infrared pyrometric scans of the lunar surface with improved equipment, following up on Richard W. Shorthill's discovery of "hot spots" in the Tycho crater during the March 13, 1960 eclipse. [2]

Total Lunar Eclipse
December 19, 1964
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series134 (24 of 73)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1UTC
U1
U2
Greatest
U3
U4
P4

Visibility

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1962–1965
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
109 1962 Jul 17
Penumbral
114 1963 Jan 9
Penumbral
119 1963 Jul 6
Partial
124 1963 Dec 30
Total
129 1964 Jun 25
Total
134 1964 Dec 19
Total
139 1965 Jun 14
Partial
144 1965 Dec 8
Penumbral
Last set 1962 Aug 15 Last set 1962 Feb 19
Next set 1966 May 4 Next set 1966 Oct 29

See also

Notes

  1. Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 134
  2. F. Link, Eclipse Phenomena in Astronomy (Springer, 2012) p119


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