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  • Source: January 1954 lunar eclipse

    • A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Tuesday, January 19, 1954, with an umbral magnitude of 1.0322. 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 6.4 days before apogee (on January 25, 1954, at 12:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.


    Visibility


    The eclipse was completely visible over much of North and South America, west Africa, and Europe, seen rising over western North America and the eastern Pacific Ocean and setting over southern and east Africa and much of Asia.


    Eclipse details


    Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.


    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.


    Related eclipses




    = Eclipses in 1954

    =
    An annular solar eclipse on January 5.
    A total lunar eclipse on January 19.
    A total solar eclipse on June 30.
    A partial lunar eclipse on July 16.
    An annular solar eclipse on December 25.


    = Metonic

    =
    Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 2, 1950
    Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 7, 1957


    = Tzolkinex

    =
    Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 8, 1946
    Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 2, 1961


    = Half-Saros

    =
    Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1945
    Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963


    = Tritos

    =
    Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 1943
    Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 19, 1964


    = Lunar Saros 133

    =
    Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 8, 1936
    Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 30, 1972


    = Inex

    =
    Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 8, 1925
    Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 30, 1982


    = Triad

    =
    Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 20, 1867
    Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 2040


    = Lunar eclipses of 1951–1955

    =


    = Saros 133

    =
    It was part of Saros series 133.


    = Half-Saros cycle

    =
    A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 140.


    See also


    List of lunar eclipses
    List of 20th-century lunar eclipses


    Notes




    External links


    1954 Jan 19 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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