June 1955 lunar eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on June 5, 1955.[1]
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| 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 | |||
Half-Saros cycle
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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 117.
| May 30, 1946 | June 10, 1964 |
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
Notes
- Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 110
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 1955 Jun 05 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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