A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, January 8, 1936, with an umbral magnitude of 1.0173. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, 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, 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. 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 is smaller. Occurring about 6.2 days before apogee (on January 14, 1936, at 23:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over eastern Europe, Asia, and western Australia, seen rising over Africa and western Europe and setting over eastern Australia, northwestern North America, and the central Pacific Ocean.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+January 8, 1936 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 2.07396 Umbral Magnitude 1.01725 Gamma −0.44288 Sun Right Ascension 19h15m02.9s Sun Declination -22°19'38.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 07h14m38.5s Moon Declination +21°55'15.9" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'23.6" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'29.6" ΔT 23.8 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 December 1935–January 1936 December 25Ascending node (new moon) January 8Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 121 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 133
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.
January 3, 1927January 14, 1945
See also List of lunar eclipses List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
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