A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, July 16, 1935, with an umbral magnitude of 1.7542. It was a central lunar eclipse, in which part of the Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow. 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 about 1.9 days before perigee (on July 18, 1935, at 3:35 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over eastern North America, South America, and Antarctica, seen rising over western North America, the central Pacific Ocean, and eastern Australia and setting over much of Europe and Africa.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+July 16, 1935 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 2.71461 Umbral Magnitude 1.75423 Gamma 0.06723 Sun Right Ascension 07h38m13.5s Sun Declination +21°31'47.9" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'44.1" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 19h38m08.9s Moon Declination -21°27'53.8" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'23.1" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'08.0" ΔT 23.8 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 June–July 1935 June 30Descending node (new moon) July 16Ascending node (full moon) July 30Descending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 116 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 128 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 154
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1935 A partial solar eclipse on January 5. A total lunar eclipse on January 19. A partial solar eclipse on February 3. A partial solar eclipse on June 30. A total lunar eclipse on July 16. A partial solar eclipse on July 30. An annular solar eclipse on December 25.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 26, 1931 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1939
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 3, 1928 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 26, 1942
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1926 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 20, 1944
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 14, 1924 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 14, 1946
Lunar Saros 128 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 4, 1917 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 26, 1953
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 4, 1906 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 25, 1964
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 13, 1848 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2022
Lunar eclipses of 1933–1936
Saros 128
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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 135.
July 9, 1926July 20, 1944
See also List of lunar eclipses List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
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