September 1979 lunar eclipse
Total Lunar Eclipse September 6, 1979 | |
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(No photo) | |
![]() The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
Series | 137 (24 of 81) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | |
Partial | |
Penumbral | |
Contacts | |
P1 | UTC |
U1 | |
U2 | |
Greatest | |
U3 | |
U4 | |
P4 |
A total lunar eclipse took place on September 6, 1979.[1]
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
112 | 1977 Apr 04![]() |
Partial![]() |
117 | 1977 Sep 27![]() |
Penumbral![]() | |
122 | 1978 Mar 24![]() |
Total![]() |
127 | 1978 Sep 16![]() |
Total![]() | |
132 | 1979 Mar 13![]() |
Partial![]() |
137 | 1979 Sep 06![]() |
Total![]() | |
142 | 1980 Mar 01![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
147 | 1980 Aug 26![]() |
Penumbral![]() | |
Last set | 1976 May 13 | Last set | 1976 Nov 06 | |||
Next set | 1981 Jan 20 | Next set | 1980 Jul 27 |
See also
Notes
External links
- 1979 Sep 06 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- September 6, 1979, a Lunar Eclipse
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