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Partial lunar eclipse June 25, 1945

June 1945 lunar eclipse

Partial eclipse

The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left

Date

June 25, 1945

Gamma

0.5370

Magnitude

0.8593

Saros cycle

119 (58 of 83)

Partiality

192 minutes, 42 seconds

Penumbral

333 minutes, 15 seconds

Contacts (UTC)
P1	12:27:15
U1	13:37:36
Greatest	15:13:55
U4	16:50:18
P4	18:00:30

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A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, June 25, 1945, with an umbral magnitude of 0.8593. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when one part of the Moon is in the Earth's umbra, while the other part is in the Earth's penumbra. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. Occurring about 5.8 days after apogee (on June 19, 1945, at 19:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over east Asia, Australia, and Antarctica, seen rising over central and east Africa, the Middle East, and south and central Asia and setting over the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

June 25, 1945 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	1.88622
Umbral Magnitude	0.85932
Gamma	0.53701
Sun Right Ascension	06h15m59.8s
Sun Declination	+23°23'41.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter	15'44.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.7"
Moon Right Ascension	18h16m09.1s
Moon Declination	-22°53'34.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter	15'19.3"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	0°56'13.9"
ΔT	27.1 s

Eclipse season

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1945

Lunar eclipses of 1944–1947

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

The penumbral lunar eclipses on February 9, 1944 and August 4, 1944 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1944 to 1947
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
109	1944 Jul 06	Penumbral	1.2597	114	1944 Dec 29	Penumbral	−1.0115
119	1945 Jun 25	Partial	0.5370	124	1945 Dec 19	Total	−0.2845
129	1946 Jun 14	Total	−0.2324	134	1946 Dec 08	Total	0.3864
139	1947 Jun 03	Partial	−0.9850	144	1947 Nov 28	Penumbral	1.0838

Saros 119

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 82 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on October 14, 935 AD. It contains partial eclipses from May 18, 1296 through August 2, 1422; total eclipses from August 13, 1440 through June 15, 1927; and a second set of partial eclipses from June 25, 1945 through August 19, 2035. The series ends at member 82 as a penumbral eclipse on March 25, 2396.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 49 at 102 minutes, 6 seconds on March 30, 1801. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1801 Mar 30, lasting 102 minutes, 6 seconds.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	934 Oct 14	1296 May 18	1440 Aug 13	1512 Sep 25
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	1873 May 12	1927 Jun 15	2035 Aug 19	2396 Mar 25

Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

Series members 49–71 occur between 1801 and 2200:
49	50	51
1801 Mar 30	1819 Apr 10	1837 Apr 20

52	53	54
1855 May 02	1873 May 12	1891 May 23

55	56	57
1909 Jun 04	1927 Jun 15	1945 Jun 25

58	59	60
1963 Jul 06	1981 Jul 17	1999 Jul 28

61	62	63
2017 Aug 07	2035 Aug 19	2053 Aug 29

64	65	66
2071 Sep 09	2089 Sep 19	2107 Oct 02

67	68	69
2125 Oct 12	2143 Oct 23	2161 Nov 03

70	71
2179 Nov 14	2197 Nov 24

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 126.