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December 1963 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
December 30, 1963
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 124 (46 of 74)
Gamma -0.2889
Magnitude 1.3350
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 1:18:07
Partial 3:24:18
Penumbral 5:19:57
Contacts UTC
P1 8:27:25
U1 9:25:16
U2 10:28:22
Greatest 11:07:25
U3 11:46:28
U4 12:49:34
P4 13:27:25

A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, December 30, 1963. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour and 18 minutes, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 33.5% of its diameter inside the Earth's umbral shadow. The visual effect of this depends on the state of the Earth's atmosphere, but the Moon may have been stained a deep red colour. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 24 minutes in total.[1]

Visibility

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Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1962–1965
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
109 1962 Jul 17
Penumbral
1.33712 114 1963 Jan 09
Penumbral
-1.01282
119 1963 Jul 06
Partial
0.61972 124 1963 Dec 30
Total
-0.28889
129 1964 Jun 25
Total
-0.14611 134 1964 Dec 19
Total
0.38008
139 1965 Jun 14
Partial
-0.90055 144 1965 Dec 08
Penumbral
1.07748
Last set 1962 Aug 15 Last set 1962 Feb 19
Next set 1966 May 04 Next set 1966 Oct 29

Saros series

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It was part of Saros series 124.

Tritos

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Tzolkinex

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See also

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Notes

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