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  • Source: May 1956 lunar eclipse

    • A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, May 24, 1956, with an umbral magnitude of 0.9647. 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 4.3 days before apogee (on May 28, 1956, at 22:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
    This lunar eclipse was the first of an almost tetrad, with the others being on November 18, 1956 (total); May 13, 1957 (total); and November 7, 1957 (total).
    This was the first eclipse of the last partial set in Lunar Saros 120.


    Visibility


    The eclipse was completely visible over east Asia, Australia, and Antarctica, seen rising over central and east Africa, eastern Europe, and the western half of Asia and setting over the eastern Pacific Ocean.


    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 1956

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    A partial lunar eclipse on May 24.
    A total solar eclipse on June 8.
    A total lunar eclipse on November 18.
    A partial solar eclipse on December 2.


    = Metonic

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    Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 5, 1952
    Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1960


    = Tzolkinex

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    Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 13, 1949
    Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 6, 1963


    = Half-Saros

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    Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 1947
    Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1965


    = Tritos

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    Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 25, 1945
    Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 24, 1967


    = Lunar Saros 120

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    Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 14, 1938
    Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 4, 1974


    = Inex

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    Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 1927
    Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 1985


    = Triad

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    Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 23, 1869
    Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2043


    = Lunar eclipses of 1955–1958

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    = Tritos series

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    The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.
    This series produces 20 total eclipses between April 24, 1967 and August 11, 2185, only being partial on November 19, 2021.


    = Half-Saros cycle

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    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 127.


    See also


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


    Notes




    External links


    1956 May 24 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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