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A total Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 124
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lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Eart ...
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./ref>
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
Saros series
It was part of Saros series 124.Tritos
* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of January 29, 1953 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of November 29, 1974Tzolkinex
* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 1956 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of February 10, 1970See also
*List of lunar eclipses
There are several lists of lunar eclipses
On the Moon, by the Earth
; Type
* List of central lunar eclipses
* Total penumbral lunar eclipse
A total penumbral lunar eclipse is a lunar eclipse that occurs when the Moon becomes completely immersed ...
*List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
A total of 229 lunar eclipses took place in the 20th century: 83 penumbral, 65 partial and 81 total.
See also: Lists of lunar eclipses, List of 19th-century lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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Eclipses from 2001 to ...
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* 1963-12 1963 in science December 1963 events {{lunar-eclipse-stub