A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, January 9, 1963, with an umbral magnitude of −0.0184. It was a relatively rare total penumbral lunar eclipse, with the Moon passing entirely within the penumbral shadow without entering the darker umbral shadow.Total Penumbral Lunar Eclipses, Jean Meeus, June 1980 A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into 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 5.6 days after perigee (on January 4, 1963, at 8:25 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over northeastern North America, Europe, Africa, and the western half of Asia, seen rising over North and South America and setting over east and southeast Asia and western Australia.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+January 9, 1963 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 1.01802 Umbral Magnitude −0.01844 Gamma −1.01282 Sun Right Ascension 19h22m13.4s Sun Declination -22°05'52.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 07h22m02.8s Moon Declination +21°07'35.9" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'41.5" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'35.5" ΔT 34.5 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 January 1963 January 9Ascending node (full moon) January 25Descending node (new moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 114 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 140
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 March 24, 1959 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 29, 1966
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 29, 1955 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 21, 1970
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 1954 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 1972
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 1952 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 10, 1973
Lunar Saros 114 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 29, 1944 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 20, 1981
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 30, 1934 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 21, 1991
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 10, 1876 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 9, 2049
Lunar eclipses of 1962–1965
Saros 114
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 121. January 5, 1954January 16, 1972
See also List of lunar eclipses List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
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