August 1952 lunar eclipse

Partial eclipseDateAugust 5, 1952Gamma−0.7383Magnitude0.5317Saros cycle118 (48 of 74)Partiality147 minutes and 10 secondsPenumbral278 minutes and 22 seconds

Contacts (UTC)
P1	17:28:13
U1	18:33:49
Greatest	19:47:55
U4	21:01:00
P4	22:06:35

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, August 5, 1952. The Earth's shadow on the Moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 53.2% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 27 minutes. The Moon's apparent diameter was larger and Supermoon because the eclipse occurred only 45 minutes before perigee.^[1]

Visibility

The partial eclipse was visible from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, seen rising over eastern South America and Atlantic, and setting over Pacific.

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1951–1955

Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
103	1951 Feb 21	Penumbral		108	1951 Aug 17	Penumbral
113	1952 Feb 11	Partial		118	1952 Aug 5	Partial
123	1953 Jan 29	Total		128	1953 Jul 26	Total
133	1954 Jan 19	Total		138	1954 Jul 16	Partial
143	1955 Jan 8	Penumbral
Last set	1951 Mar 23			Last set	1951 Sep 15
Next set	1955 Nov 29			Next set	1955 Jun 5

Half-Saros cycle

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 125.

August 1, 1943	August 11, 1961

See also

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

Notes

External links

• 1952 Aug 05 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC