A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Saturday, July 6, 1963, with an umbral magnitude of 0.7060. 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 about 5.7 days after apogee (on July 1, 1963, at 6:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over Africa, much of Europe, the Middle East, and Antarctica, seen rising over eastern North America, South America, and western Europe and setting over much of Asia and Australia.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+July 6, 1963 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 1.73601 Umbral Magnitude 0.70602 Gamma 0.61972 Sun Right Ascension 07h01m15.5s Sun Declination +22°41'46.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'43.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.6" Moon Right Ascension 19h01m14.6s Moon Declination -22°07'02.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'16.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'03.2" ΔT 34.8 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of July 1963 July 6Descending node (full moon) July 20Ascending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 119 Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 145
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1963 A penumbral lunar eclipse on January 9. An annular solar eclipse on January 25. A partial lunar eclipse on July 6. A total solar eclipse on July 20. A total lunar eclipse on December 30.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 17, 1959 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 24, 1967
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 24, 1956 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 17, 1970
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1954 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 10, 1972
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 5, 1952 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 4, 1974
Lunar Saros 119 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 25, 1945 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 1981
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 26, 1934 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 1992
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 3, 1876 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 6, 2050
Lunar eclipses of 1962–1965
Saros 119
Tritos series
Inex series
Half-Saros cycle A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 126. June 30, 1954July 10, 1972
See also List of lunar eclipses List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
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