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May 1956 lunar eclipse
Partial lunar eclipse May 24, 1956 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, May 24, 1956. It was the first eclipse of the last partial set in Saros series 120.[1]
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Partial Lunar Eclipse May 24, 1956 | |
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![]() The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
Series | 120 (55 of 84) |
Gamma | -0.4726 |
Magnitude | 0.9647 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Partial | 3:24:30 |
Penumbral | 5:48:30 |
Contacts (UTC) | |
P1 | 12:37:37 |
U1 | 13:49:37 |
Greatest | 15:31:52 |
U4 | 17:14:07 |
P4 | 18:26:07 |
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