May 1938 lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse May 14, 1938

A total lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, May 14, 1938. This was the last total lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 120. It was visible from Oceania, the Pacific Ocean, North America, South America and Antarctica.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

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).^[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 127.

May 9, 1929	May 20, 1947

Notes

^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

References

1938 May 14 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
Total Eclipse of the Moon: 1938 May 14 Archived 2017-10-15 at the Wayback Machine HM Nautical Almanac Office
The Lunar Eclipse of 1938 may 14 and its Saros Series, with Plate VI Pogo, Alexander, Popular Astronomy, Vol. 46, p.385

External links

May 13/14, 1938 — Total Lunar Eclipse www.timeanddate.com

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