January 1963 lunar eclipse

Penumbral lunar eclipse January 9, 1963

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, January 9, 1963, the first of three lunar eclipses in 1963.^[1]

This was a relatively rare total penumbral lunar eclipse with the moon passing entirely within the penumbral shadow without entering the darker umbral shadow.^[2]

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Saros series

Lunar Saros series 114, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 13 total lunar eclipses.

First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 0971 May 13

First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1115 Aug 07

First Total Lunar Eclipse: 1458 Feb 28

First Central Lunar Eclipse: 1530 Apr 12

Greatest Eclipse of Lunar Saros 114: 1584 May 24

Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1638 Jun 26

Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 1674 Jul 17

Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1890 Nov 26

Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2233 Jun 22

See also

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

Notes

1. Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 114
2. Total Penumbral Lunar Eclipses, Jean Meeus, June 1980

External links

• 1963 Jan 09 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC