A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, March 13, 1941, with an umbral magnitude of 0.3226. 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 1.5 days before perigee (on March 14, 1941, at 23:05 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over northeast Asia, eastern Australia, and western North America, seen rising over much of Asia and western Australia and setting over much of North and South America.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+March 13, 1941 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 1.29706 Umbral Magnitude 0.32264 Gamma −0.84368 Sun Right Ascension 23h32m32.0s Sun Declination -02°58'04.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'05.3" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 11h31m29.9s Moon Declination +02°09'22.2" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'30.6" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'35.5" ΔT 24.9 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 1941 March 13Ascending node (full moon) March 27Descending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 112 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 138
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1941 A partial lunar eclipse on March 13. An annular solar eclipse on March 27. A partial lunar eclipse on September 5. A total solar eclipse on September 21.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 25, 1937 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 29, 1944
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 30, 1934 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 23, 1948
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1950
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 13, 1930 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 1952
Lunar Saros 112 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 1923 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 24, 1959
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 1, 1912 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 21, 1970
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 12, 1854 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 12, 2028
Lunar eclipses of 1940–1944
Saros 112
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 119. March 7, 1932March 18, 1950
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
References
External links Saros series 112