A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, August 15, 1962, with an umbral magnitude of −0.3615. 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 1.6 days before perigee (on August 17, 1962, at 9:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over much of Africa, eastern Europe, most of Asia, western Australia, and Antarctica, seen rising over eastern South America, western Europe, and west Africa and setting over northeast Asia and eastern Australia.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+August 15, 1962 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 0.59632 Umbral Magnitude −0.36153 Gamma −1.22104 Sun Right Ascension 09h39m23.3s Sun Declination +14°01'05.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'47.7" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 21h40m34.8s Moon Declination -15°12'55.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'29.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'31.1" ΔT 34.3 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of July–August 1962 July 17Descending node (full moon) July 31Ascending node (new moon) August 15Descending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 109 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 135 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 147
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1962 A total solar eclipse on February 5. A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 19. A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 17. An annular solar eclipse on July 31. A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 15.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 27, 1958
Tzolkinex Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 25, 1969
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 9, 1953 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 15, 1951 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 15, 1973
Lunar Saros 147 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 4, 1944 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 26, 1980
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 4, 1933 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 26, 1991
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 14, 1875 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 2049
Lunar eclipses of 1962–1965
Saros 147
Tritos series
Series members between 1801 and 2060 1809 Oct 23(Saros 133) 1820 Sep 22(Saros 134) 1831 Aug 23(Saros 135) 1842 Jul 22(Saros 136) 1853 Jun 21(Saros 137) 1864 May 21(Saros 138) 1875 Apr 20(Saros 139) 1886 Mar 20(Saros 140) 1897 Feb 17(Saros 141) 1908 Jan 18(Saros 142) 1918 Dec 17(Saros 143) 1929 Nov 17(Saros 144) 1940 Oct 16(Saros 145) 1951 Sep 15(Saros 146) 1962 Aug 15(Saros 147) 1973 Jul 15(Saros 148) 1984 Jun 13(Saros 149) 2060 Nov 08(Saros 156)
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 154. August 9, 1953August 20, 1971
See also List of lunar eclipses List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
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