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    partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Saturday, May 3, 1958, with an umbral magnitude of 0.0092. A lunar eclipse occurs...
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  • partial lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, May 13, 1976, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1976, the second being a penumbral lunar eclipse on November...
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    penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Friday, April 4, 1958, with an umbral magnitude of −0.9421. A lunar eclipse occurs...
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    total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, May 13, 1957, with an umbral magnitude of 1.2982. A lunar eclipse occurs...
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    solar eclipse is formed during the new moon phase and a lunar eclipse is formed during the full moon phase. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons...
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    penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, October 27, 1958, with an umbral magnitude of −0.3118. A lunar eclipse occurs...
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    The term eclipse is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the...
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  • Thumbnail for May 1956 lunar eclipse
    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...
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    geometry of a lunar eclipse, the lunar distance can be calculated using trigonometry. The earliest accounts of attempts to measure the lunar distance using...
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  • Thumbnail for April 1967 lunar eclipse
    total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, April 24, 1967, with an umbral magnitude of 1.3356. A lunar eclipse occurs...
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  • Thumbnail for Eclipses in mythology and culture
    attributed to supernatural causes or regarded as bad omens. While solar and lunar eclipses are today understood astronomically as one celestial body shadowing...
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  • Thumbnail for April 1949 lunar eclipse
    total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, April 13, 1949, with an umbral magnitude of 1.4251. A lunar eclipse occurs...
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  • Thumbnail for Solar eclipses on the Moon
    Solar eclipses on the Moon are caused when the planet Earth passes in front of the Sun and blocks its light. Viewers on Earth experience a lunar eclipse during...
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  • lunar eclipses took place in the 20th century: 83 penumbral, 65 partial and 81 total. See also: Lists of lunar eclipses, List of 19th-century lunar eclipses...
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    A total penumbral lunar eclipse is a lunar eclipse that occurs when the Moon becomes completely immersed in the penumbral cone of the Earth without touching...
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    An annular solar eclipse on February 17. A total lunar eclipse on March 3. A total solar eclipse on August 12. A partial lunar eclipse on August 28. Preceded...
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    total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Sunday, March 13, 1960, with an umbral magnitude of 1.5145. A lunar eclipse occurs...
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    eclipse of May 9, 2032 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 2016 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 3, 2034 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 29...
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  • Thumbnail for January 1955 lunar eclipse
    penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Saturday, January 8, 1955, with an umbral magnitude of −0.1421. A lunar eclipse occurs...
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    total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Sunday, November 18, 1956, with an umbral magnitude of 1.3172. A lunar eclipse occurs...
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    partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Tuesday, November 29, 1955, with an umbral magnitude of 0.1190. A lunar eclipse occurs...
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    total lunar eclipse on December 31. Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 2032 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of...
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    annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, April 19, 1958, with a magnitude of 0.9408. A solar eclipse occurs when...
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    lunar eclipse April 2005 lunar eclipse May 2023 lunar eclipse May 2041 lunar eclipse May 2059 lunar eclipse June 2077 lunar eclipse June 2095 lunar eclipse...
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    Solar eclipse of May 21, 2031 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2034 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of...
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    penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Friday, November 28, 1947, with an umbral magnitude of −0.1297. A lunar eclipse occurs...
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    of solar eclipses in the 20th century List of lunar eclipses in the 21st century Acknowledgement: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's Goddard Space...
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  • Thumbnail for June 1955 lunar eclipse
    penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Sunday, June 5, 1955, with an umbral magnitude of −0.4498. A lunar eclipse occurs...
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    partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, March 24, 1959, with an umbral magnitude of 0.2643. A lunar eclipse occurs...
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    penumbral lunar eclipse on August 15. Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1958 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 8, 1965 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of...
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