July 1935 lunar eclipse


A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, July 16, 1935, with an umbral magnitude of 1.7542. It was a central lunar eclipse, in which part of the Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 1.9 days before perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over eastern North America, South America, and Antarctica, seen rising over western North America, the central Pacific Ocean, and eastern Australia and setting over much of Europe and Africa.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
ParameterValue
Penumbral Magnitude2.71461
Umbral Magnitude1.75423
Gamma0.06723
Sun Right Ascension07h38m13.5s
Sun Declination+21°31'47.9"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'44.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension19h38m08.9s
Moon Declination-21°27'53.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'23.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°00'08.0"
ΔT23.8 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
June 30
Descending node 		July 16
Ascending node 		July 30
Descending node
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 116		Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 128		Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 154

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1935

Saros 128

Tritos series

Inex series

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days. This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 135.
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