October 1949 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on October 7, 1949.

Total Lunar Eclipse October 7, 1949
(No photo)
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series	126 (42 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1	UTC
U1
U2
Greatest
U3
U4
P4

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1947–1951
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
111	1948 Apr 23	Partial	116	1948 Oct 18	Penumbral
121	1949 Apr 13	Total	126	1949 Oct 07	Total
131	1950 Apr 02	Total	136	1950 Sep 26	Total
141	1951 Mar 23	Penumbral	146	1951 Sep 15	Penumbral

Saros series

Lunar Saros series 126, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 70 lunar eclipse events including 14 total lunar eclipses. Solar Saros 133 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1228 Jul 18

First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1625 Mar 24

First Total Lunar Eclipse: 1769 Jun 19

First Central Lunar Eclipse: 1805 Jul 11

Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 126: 1859 Aug 13, lasting 106 minutes.

Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1931 Sep 26

Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2003 Nov 09

Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2346 Jun 05

Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2472 Aug 19

1901-2100

2057 Dec 11

2075 Dec 22

2094 Jan 01

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 133.

October 1, 1940	October 12, 1958

Notes

Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links

1949 Oct 07 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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[1] Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros