A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, September 14, 1932, with an umbral magnitude of 0.9752. 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 4.8 days before apogee (on September 19, 1932, at 17:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
This was the last of the first set of partial lunar eclipses in Lunar Saros 136, preceding the first total eclipse on September 26, 1950.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over much of Africa, Europe, and west, central, and south Asia, seen rising over west Africa, South America, and eastern North America and setting over east and northeast Asia and Australia.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+September 14, 1932 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 2.02964 Umbral Magnitude 0.97519 Gamma 0.46642 Sun Right Ascension 11h29m54.4s Sun Declination +03°15'02.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'54.5" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 23h29m04.4s Moon Declination -02°52'26.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'05.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'22.0" ΔT 23.9 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 August–September 1932 August 31Descending node (new moon) September 14Ascending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 124 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 136
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1932 An annular solar eclipse on March 7. A partial lunar eclipse on March 22. A total solar eclipse on August 31. A partial lunar eclipse on September 14.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 27, 1928 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 4, 1936
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 4, 1925 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 28, 1939
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 10, 1923 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 16, 1921 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 15, 1943
Lunar Saros 136 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 4, 1914 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 26, 1950
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 6, 1903 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 26, 1961
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 14, 1845 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 2019
Lunar eclipses of 1930–1933
Saros 136
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 143. September 10, 1923September 21, 1941
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
References
External links Saros series 136