January 1972 lunar eclipse
| Total Lunar Eclipse January 30, 1972 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 133 (24 of 71) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | |
| Partial | |
| Penumbral | |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | UTC |
| U1 | |
| U2 | |
| Greatest | |
| U3 | |
| U4 | |
| P4 | |
A total lunar eclipse took place on January 30, 1972.[1]
Visibility
Relation to other lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 108 | 1969 Aug 27 |
Penumbral |
113 | 1970 Feb 21 |
Partial | |
| 118 | 1970 Aug 17 |
Partial |
123 | 1971 Feb 10 |
Total | |
| 128 | 1971 Aug 6 |
Total |
133 | 1972 Jan 30 |
Total | |
| 138 | 1972 Jul 26 |
Partial |
143 | 1973 Jan 18 |
Penumbral | |
| 148 | 1973 Jul 15 |
Penumbral | ||||
| Last set | 1969 Sep 25 | Last set | 1969 Apr 2 | |||
| Next set | 1973 Jun 15 | Next set | 1973 Dec 10 | |||
See also
Notes
External links
- 1972 Jan 30 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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