A total
lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, ...
occurred at the Moon’s
descending node
An orbital node is either of the two points where an orbit intersects a plane of reference to which it is inclined. A non-inclined orbit, which is contained in the reference plane, has no nodes.
Planes of reference
Common planes of referenc ...
of orbit on Wednesday, January 8, 1936, with an umbral
magnitude
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of 1.0173. A lunar eclipse occurs when the
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diameter, Earth's diameter). The Moon rotation, rotates, with a rotation period (lunar ...
moves into the
Earth's shadow
Earth's shadow (or Earth shadow) is the shadow that Earth itself casts through its atmosphere and into outer space, toward the antisolar point. During the twilight period (both early dusk and late dawn), the shadow's visible fringe – someti ...
, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a
solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season i ...
, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the
night
Night, or nighttime, is the period of darkness when the Sun is below the horizon. Sunlight illuminates one side of the Earth, leaving the other in darkness. The opposite of nighttime is daytime. Earth's rotation causes the appearance of ...
side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's
shadow
A shadow is a dark area on a surface where light from a light source is blocked by an object. In contrast, shade occupies the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross-section of a shadow is a two-dimensio ...
is smaller. Occurring about 6.2 days before
apogee
An apsis (; ) is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body. The line of apsides (also called apse line, or major axis of the orbit) is the line connecting the two extreme values.
Apsides perta ...
(on January 14, 1936, at 23:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Visibility
The eclipse was completely visible over
eastern Europe
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,
Asia
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, and western
Australia
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, seen rising over
Africa
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and
western Europe
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and setting over eastern Australia, northwestern
North America
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, and the central
Pacific Ocean
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.
Eclipse details
Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an
eclipse season
An eclipse season is a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of the Orbit of the Moon, Moon's orbital plane (orbital inclination, tilted five degrees to the ecliptic, Earth ...
, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a
fortnight
A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (two weeks). The word derives from the Old English term , meaning "" (or "fourteen days", since the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights).
Astronomy and tides
In astronomy, a ''lunar fortnight'' is hal ...
.
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1936
* A total lunar eclipse on January 8.
*
A total solar eclipse on June 19.
*
A partial lunar eclipse on July 4.
*
An annular solar eclipse on December 13.
*
A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 28.
Metonic
* Preceded by:
Lunar eclipse of March 22, 1932
* Followed by:
Lunar eclipse of October 28, 1939
Tzolkinex
* Preceded by:
Lunar eclipse of November 27, 1928
* Followed by:
Lunar eclipse of February 20, 1943
Half-Saros
* Preceded by:
Solar eclipse of January 3, 1927
* Followed by:
Solar eclipse of January 14, 1945
Tritos
* Preceded by:
Lunar eclipse of February 8, 1925
* Followed by:
Lunar eclipse of December 8, 1946
Lunar Saros 133
* Preceded by:
Lunar eclipse of December 28, 1917
* Followed by:
Lunar eclipse of January 19, 1954
Inex
* Preceded by:
Lunar eclipse of January 29, 1907
* Followed by:
Lunar eclipse of December 19, 1964
Triad
* Preceded by:
Lunar eclipse of March 9, 1849
* Followed by:
Lunar eclipse of November 8, 2022
Lunar eclipses of 1933–1936
Saros 133
Tritos series
Inex series
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a
half saros).
[Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros''] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of
Solar Saros 140
Saros cycle series 140 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending lunar node, node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 eclipses, including 47 umbral eclipses (11 total, 4 hybrid, 32 annular). The first eclipse in this serie ...
.
See also
*
List of lunar eclipses
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A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened.
By type
* List of central lunar eclipses
* Total penumbral lunar eclipse
By classification
* List of saros series for lunar eclipse ...
*
List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
Notes
External links
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