August 1961 lunar eclipse

Partial Lunar Eclipse August 26, 1961
(No photo)
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series	137 (25 of 81)
Gamma	-0.4894
Magnitude	0.9863
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial	3:06:00
Penumbral	5:01:24
Contacts (UTC)
P1	0:38:09
U1	1:35:51
Greatest	3:08:51
U4	4:41:51
P4	5:39:33

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, August 26, 1961, the second of two partial lunar eclipses in 1961. This nearly total lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 137 preceded the first total eclipse on September 6, 1979.^[1] It took place around lunar perigee, therefore as a result, the Moon appeared larger than usual. It was the largest partial lunar eclipse since October 28, 1939, making it the second largest partial lunar eclipse of the 20th century.

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Lunar year series[edit]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1958–1962
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
102	1958 Apr 4	Penumbral	-1.53805
112	1959 Mar 24	Partial	-0.87571	117	1959 Sep 17	Penumbral	1.02963
122	1960 Mar 13	Total	-0.17990	127	1960 Sep 5	Total	0.24219
132	1961 Mar 2	Partial	0.55406	137	1961 Aug 26	Partial	-0.48947
142	1962 Feb 19	Penumbral	1.25115	147	1962 Aug 15	Penumbral	-1.22104

Last set	1958 May 3			Last set	1958 Oct 27

Next set	1963 Jan 9			Next set	1962 Jul 17