September 1979 lunar eclipse
| Total Lunar Eclipse September 6, 1979 | |
|---|---|
| (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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