A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Tuesday, March 22, 1932, with an umbral magnitude of 0.9666. 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 only about 21 hours before perigee (on March 23, 1932, at 9:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
This was the last of the first set of partial lunar eclipses in Lunar Saros 131, preceding the first total eclipse on April 2, 1950.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over northeast Asia, Australia, and northwestern North America, seen rising over much of Asia and setting over much of North America and western South America.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+March 22, 1932 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 1.93030 Umbral Magnitude 0.96656 Gamma −0.49562 Sun Right Ascension 00h06m09.9s Sun Declination +00°40'06.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'02.7" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 12h05m11.0s Moon Declination -01°06'34.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'39.0" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'06.3" ΔT 24.0 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, 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.
+ Eclipse season of March 1932 March 7Ascending node (new moon) March 22Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 119 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 131
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1932 An annular solar eclipse on March 7. A partial lunar eclipse on March 22. A total solar eclipse on August 31. A partial lunar eclipse on September 14.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 3, 1928 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 8, 1936
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 8, 1925 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1939
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 17, 1923 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1941
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 22, 1921 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 1943
Lunar Saros 131 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 12, 1914 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 2, 1950
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 12, 1903 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 2, 1961
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 21, 1845 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 21, 2019
Lunar eclipses of 1930–1933
Saros 131
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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 138. March 17, 1923March 27, 1941
See also List of lunar eclipses List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
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