December 1963 lunar eclipse
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]
| 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 |
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 109 | 1962 Jul 17 |
Penumbral |
114 | 1963 Jan 9 |
Penumbral | |
| 119 | 1963 Jul 6 |
Partial |
124 | 1963 Dec 30 |
Total | |
| 129 | 1964 Jun 25 |
Total |
134 | 1964 Dec 19 |
Total | |
| 139 | 1965 Jun 14 |
Partial |
144 | 1965 Dec 8 |
Penumbral | |
| Last set | 1962 Aug 15 | Last set | 1962 Feb 19 | |||
| Next set | 1966 May 4 | Next set | 1966 Oct 29 | |||
Saros series
It was part of Saros series 124.
Tritos
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of January 29, 1953
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of November 29, 1974
Tzolkinex
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 1956
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of February 10, 1970
External links
- 1963 Dec 30 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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