September 1979 lunar eclipse

September 1979 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
Date	6 September 1979
Gamma	−0.43050
Magnitude	1.09358
Saros cycle	137 (25 of 80)
Totality	44 minutes, 24.7 seconds
Partiality	191 minutes, 54.2 seconds
Penumbral	305 minutes, 15.4 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	08:21:34.5
U1	09:18:14.6
U2	10:31:59.4
Greatest	10:54:11.9
U3	11:16:24.1
U4	12:30:08.8
P4	13:26:49.9
	← March 1979 March 1980 →

A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, September 6, 1979, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1979. A shallow total eclipse saw the Moon in relative darkness for 44 minutes and 24.7 seconds. The Moon was 9.358% of its diameter into the Earth's umbral shadow, and should have been significantly darkened. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours, 11 minutes and 54.1 seconds in total.^[1]

This event followed the annular solar eclipse of August 22, 1979.

Visibility[edit]

Related lunar eclipses[edit]

Eclipses in 1979[edit]

A total solar eclipse on Monday, 26 February 1979.
A partial lunar eclipse on Tuesday, 13 March 1979.
An annular solar eclipse on Wednesday, 22 August 1979.
A total lunar eclipse on Thursday, 6 September 1979.

Lunar year series[edit]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1977–1980
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
112	1977 Apr 04	Partial	−0.91483	117	1977 Sep 27	Penumbral	1.07682
122	1978 Mar 24	Total	−0.21402	127	1978 Sep 16	Total	0.29510
132	1979 Mar 13	Partial	0.52537	137	1979 Sep 06	Total	−0.43050
142	1980 Mar 01	Penumbral	1.22701	147	1980 Aug 26	Penumbral	−1.16082

Last set	1976 May 13			Last set	1976 Nov 06

Next set	1981 Jan 20			Next set	1980 Jul 27

Saros series[edit]

It is part of Saros series 137.

Half-Saros cycle[edit]

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 144.