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    • Source: March 1942 lunar eclipse

      • A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, March 3, 1942, with an umbral magnitude of 1.5612. 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 5.5 days before perigee (on March 8, 1942, at 11:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
      This was a central lunar eclipse, with the Moon passing through the darkest portion of the earth's umbral shadow.


      Visibility


      The eclipse was completely visible over eastern South America, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, seen rising over North America and west and central South America and setting over much of Asia and western Australia.


      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 1942

      =
      A total lunar eclipse on March 3.
      A partial solar eclipse on March 16.
      A partial solar eclipse on August 12.
      A total lunar eclipse on August 26.
      A partial solar eclipse on September 10.


      = Metonic

      =
      Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 14, 1938
      Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 19, 1945


      = Tzolkinex

      =
      Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 19, 1935
      Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 13, 1949


      = Half-Saros

      =
      Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933
      Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1951


      = Tritos

      =
      Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 2, 1931
      Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 29, 1953


      = Lunar Saros 122

      =
      Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 1924
      Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1960


      = Inex

      =
      Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 22, 1913
      Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 10, 1971


      = Triad

      =
      Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 2, 1855
      Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 31, 2028


      = Lunar eclipses of 1940–1944

      =


      = 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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 129.


      See also


      List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses


      External links


      Saros series 122
      1942 Mar 03 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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