September 1933 lunar eclipse
| Penumbral eclipse | |||||||||
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1933Sep04.png The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left | |||||||||
| Date | September 4, 1933 | ||||||||
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| Gamma | 1.1776 | ||||||||
| Magnitude | −0.3012 | ||||||||
| Saros cycle | 146 (6 of 72) | ||||||||
| Penumbral | 221 minutes, 24 seconds | ||||||||
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A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, September 4, 1933,[1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.7336. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into 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 3.9 days after perigee (on August 31, 1933, at 6:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.[2]
This eclipse was the last of four penumbral lunar eclipses in 1933, with the others occurring on February 10, March 12, and August 5.
Visibility
[edit | edit source]The eclipse was completely visible over much of North and South America, seen rising over northwestern North America and the central Pacific Ocean and setting over Africa and Europe.[3]
| File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1933Sep04.png File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1933Sep04.png |
Eclipse details
[edit | edit source]Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[4]
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Penumbral Magnitude | 0.69558 |
| Umbral Magnitude | −0.30117 |
| Gamma | 1.17763 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 10h50m36.8s |
| Sun Declination | +07°22'09.8" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'51.8" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 22h48m27.5s |
| Moon Declination | -06°21'19.9" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'54.9" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°58'24.5" |
| ΔT | 23.9 s |
Eclipse season
[edit | edit source]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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
| August 5 Ascending node (full moon) |
August 21 Descending node (new moon) |
September 4 Ascending node (full moon) |
|---|---|---|
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1933Aug05.png | File:SE1933Aug21A.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1933Sep04.png |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 108 |
Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 134 |
Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 146 |
Related eclipses
[edit | edit source]Eclipses in 1933
[edit | edit source]- A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 10.
- An annular solar eclipse on February 24.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 12.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 5.
- An annular solar eclipse on August 21.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 4.
Metonic
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 17, 1929
Tzolkinex
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 25, 1926
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 16, 1940
Half-Saros
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 30, 1924
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 10, 1942
Tritos
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 6, 1922
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 4, 1944
Lunar Saros 146
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 24, 1915
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 15, 1951
Inex
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 24, 1904
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 15, 1962
Triad
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 3, 1846
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 5, 2020
Lunar eclipses of 1930–1933
[edit | edit source]This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[5]
The penumbral lunar eclipses on February 10, 1933 and August 5, 1933 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Saros 146
[edit | edit source]This eclipse is a part of Saros series 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on July 11, 1843. It contains partial eclipses from October 17, 2005 through May 14, 2348; total eclipses from May 25, 2366 through November 16, 2654; and a second set of partial eclipses from November 27, 2672 through June 12, 2997. The series ends at member 72 as a penumbral eclipse on August 29, 3123.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 37 at 99 minutes, 22 seconds on August 8, 2492. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[6]
| Greatest | First | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2492 Aug 08, lasting 99 minutes, 22 seconds.[7] | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| 1843 Jul 11 |
2005 Oct 17 File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2005Oct17.png |
2366 May 25 |
2438 Jul 07 | |
| Last | ||||
| Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
| 2546 Sep 11 |
2654 Nov 16 |
2997 Jun 12 |
3123 Aug 29 | |
Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
Tritos series
[edit | edit source]This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2042 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1802 Sep 11 (Saros 134) |
1813 Aug 12 (Saros 135) |
1824 Jul 11 (Saros 136) |
1835 Jun 10 (Saros 137) |
1846 May 11 (Saros 138) | |||||
| 1857 Apr 09 (Saros 139) |
1868 Mar 08 (Saros 140) |
1879 Feb 07 (Saros 141) |
1890 Jan 06 (Saros 142) |
1900 Dec 06 (Saros 143) | |||||
| 1911 Nov 06 (Saros 144) |
1922 Oct 06 (Saros 145) |
1933 Sep 04 (Saros 146) |
1944 Aug 04 (Saros 147) |
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| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1911Nov06.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1911Nov06.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1922Oct06.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1922Oct06.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1933Sep04.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1933Sep04.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1944Aug04.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1944Aug04.png | ||
| 2042 Oct 28 (Saros 156) | |||||||||
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2042Oct28.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2042Oct28.png | ||||||||
Inex series
[edit | edit source]This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1817 Nov 23 (Saros 142) |
1846 Nov 03 (Saros 143) |
1875 Oct 14 (Saros 144) | |||
| 1904 Sep 24 (Saros 145) |
1933 Sep 04 (Saros 146) |
1962 Aug 15 (Saros 147) | |||
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1904Sep24.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1904Sep24.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1933Sep04.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1933Sep04.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1962Aug15.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1962Aug15.png |
| 1991 Jul 26 (Saros 148) |
2020 Jul 05 (Saros 149) |
2049 Jun 15 (Saros 150) | |||
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1991Jul26.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1991Jul26.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2020Jul05.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2020Jul05.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2049Jun15.png | File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2049Jun15.png |
| 2107 May 07 (Saros 152) |
2136 Apr 16 (Saros 153) | ||||
| 2194 Mar 07 (Saros 155) | |||||
Half-Saros cycle
[edit | edit source]A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[8] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 153.
| August 30, 1924 | September 10, 1942 |
|---|---|
| File:SE1924Aug30P.png | File:SE1942Sep10P.png |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 146
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
[edit | edit source]- Saros series 146
- 1933 Sep 04 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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