A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, June 25, 1945, with an umbral magnitude of 0.8593. 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 5.8 days after apogee (on June 19, 1945, at 19:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over east Asia, Australia, and Antarctica, seen rising over central and east Africa, the Middle East, and south and central Asia and setting over the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+June 25, 1945 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 1.88622 Umbral Magnitude 0.85932 Gamma 0.53701 Sun Right Ascension 06h15m59.8s Sun Declination +23°23'41.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'44.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 18h16m09.1s Moon Declination -22°53'34.2" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'19.3" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'13.9" ΔT 27.1 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 June–July 1945 June 25Descending node (full moon) July 9Ascending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 119 Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 145
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1945 An annular solar eclipse on January 14. A partial lunar eclipse on June 25. A total solar eclipse on July 9. A total lunar eclipse on December 19.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 5, 1941 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 13, 1949
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 14, 1938 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 5, 1952
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 19, 1936 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1954
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 26, 1934 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 24, 1956
Lunar Saros 119 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 1927 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 6, 1963
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 15, 1916 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 4, 1974
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 24, 1858 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 25, 2032
Lunar eclipses of 1944–1947
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 19, 1936June 30, 1954
See also List of lunar eclipses List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
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