A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, April 22, 1940, with an umbral magnitude of −0.0945. 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 2.7 days after perigee (on April 20, 1940, at 20:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over much of North America, South America, west Africa, and Antarctica, seen rising over northwestern North America and the central Pacific Ocean and setting over Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+April 22, 1940 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 0.86836 Umbral Magnitude −0.09446 Gamma 1.07414 Sun Right Ascension 01h58m53.2s Sun Declination +12°08'03.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'54.5" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 14h00m00.5s Moon Declination -11°05'02.6" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'31.3" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'38.2" ΔT 24.5 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 March–April 1940 March 23Ascending node (full moon) April 7Descending node (new moon) April 22Ascending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 102 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 128 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 140
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1940 A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 23. An annular solar eclipse on April 7. A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 22. A total solar eclipse on October 1. A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 16.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 4, 1936 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 9, 1944
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 12, 1933 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 3, 1947
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 23, 1929 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 1951
Lunar Saros 140 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 11, 1922 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1958
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 13, 1911 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 2, 1969
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 21, 1853 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 2027
Lunar eclipses of 1937–1940
Saros 140
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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 147. April 18, 1931April 28, 1949
See also List of lunar eclipses List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
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