A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Sunday, June 3, 1928, with an umbral magnitude of 1.2421. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. 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. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring only about 2.1 days after apogee (on June 1, 1928, at 9:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
This lunar eclipse was the third of a tetrad, with four total lunar eclipses in series, the others being on June 15, 1927; December 8, 1927; and November 27, 1928.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over Australia, Antarctica, and the central Pacific Ocean, seen rising over south and east Asia and setting over North and South America.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+June 3, 1928 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 2.30920 Umbral Magnitude 1.24213 Gamma −0.31752 Sun Right Ascension 04h44m44.7s Sun Declination +22°19'20.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'45.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 16h44m27.8s Moon Declination -22°36'06.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'46.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'13.2" ΔT 24.2 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 May–June 1928 May 19Ascending node (new moon) June 3Descending node (full moon) June 17Ascending node (new moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 117 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 129 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 155
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1928 A non-central total solar eclipse on May 19. A total lunar eclipse on June 3. A partial solar eclipse on June 17. A partial solar eclipse on November 12. A total lunar eclipse on November 27.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 14, 1924 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 22, 1932
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 22, 1921 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 1935
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 8, 1937
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 4, 1917 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1939
Lunar Saros 129 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 24, 1910 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 14, 1946
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 23, 1899 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 13, 1957
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 2, 1841 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 2015
Lunar eclipses of 1926–1929 This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
The penumbral lunar eclipses on January 28, 1926 and July 25, 1926 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1926 to 1929 Descending node Ascending node Saros DateViewing TypeChart Gamma Saros DateViewing TypeChart Gamma 109 1926 Jun 25Penumbral 1.1814 114 1926 Dec 19Penumbral −1.0101 119 1927 Jun 15Total 0.4543 124 1927 Dec 08Total −0.2796 129 1928 Jun 03Total −0.3175 134 1928 Nov 27Total 0.3952 139 1929 May 23Penumbral −1.0650 144 1929 Nov 17Penumbral 1.0947
Saros 129
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 136. May 29, 1919June 8, 1937
See also List of lunar eclipses List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
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