July 1962 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, July 17, 1962. This very subtle penumbral eclipse was essentially invisible to the naked eye; though it lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes, just 39% of the Moon's disc was in partial shadow (with no part of it in complete shadow). ^[1]

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1962–1965
Descending node					Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
109	1962 Jul 17	Penumbral	1.33712		114	1963 Jan 09	Penumbral	-1.01282
119	1963 Jul 06	Partial	0.61972		124	1963 Dec 30	Total	-0.28889
129	1964 Jun 25	Total	-0.14611		134	1964 Dec 19	Total	0.38008
139	1965 Jun 14	Partial	-0.90055		144	1965 Dec 08	Penumbral	1.07748
Last set	1962 Aug 15				Last set	1962 Feb 19
Next set	1966 May 04				Next set	1966 Oct 29

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 116.

July 11, 1953	July 22, 1971

See also

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

Notes

1. Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 109
2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links

• 1962 Jul 17 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC