November 1937 lunar eclipse

Partial lunar eclipse November 18, 1937

Partial eclipse

The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left

Date

November 18, 1937

Gamma

0.9421

Magnitude

0.1443

Saros cycle

115 (53 of 72)

Partiality

81 minutes, 19 seconds

Penumbral

254 minutes, 32 seconds

Contacts (UTC)
P1	6:11:47
U1	7:38:24
Greatest	8:19:02
U4	8:59:43
P4	10:26:19

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A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Thursday, November 18, 1937, with an umbral magnitude of 0.1443. 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 18 hours before perigee (on November 19, 1937, at 0:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over much of northeast Asia, North America, and northwestern South America, seen rising over east Asia and Australia and setting over much of South America, west Africa, and western Europe.

Eclipse details

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

November 18, 1937 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	1.11408
Umbral Magnitude	0.14432
Gamma	0.94213
Sun Right Ascension	15h32m59.8s
Sun Declination	-19°09'44.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter	16'11.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.9"
Moon Right Ascension	03h32m24.7s
Moon Declination	+20°06'50.3"
Moon Semi-Diameter	16'41.3"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	1°01'14.9"
ΔT	23.9 s

Eclipse season

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipses of 1937–1940

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1937–1940
Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Date viewing	Type chart	Saros	Date viewing	Type chart
110	1937 May 25	Penumbral	115	1937 Nov 18	Partial
120	1938 May 14	Total	125	1938 Nov 07	Total
130	1939 May 03	Total	135	1939 Oct 28	Partial
140	1940 Apr 22	Penumbral	145	1940 Oct 16	Penumbral

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 122.