June 1947 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, June 3, 1947. A tiny bite out of the Moon may have been visible at maximum, though just 2.02% of the Moon was shadowed in a partial eclipse which lasted for 34 minutes and 42 seconds. A shading across the moon from the Earth's penumbral shadow should have been visible at maximum eclipse.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1944–1947

Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date viewing	Type chart		Saros	Date viewing	Type chart
109	1944 Jul 06	Penumbral		114	1944 Dec 29	Penumbral
119	1945 Jun 25	Partial		124	1945 Dec 19	Total
129	1946 Jun 14	Total		134	1946 Dec 08	Total
139	1947 Jun 03	Partial		144	1947 Nov 28	Penumbral

Saros cycle

Lunar Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 79 lunar eclipse events including 42 umbral lunar eclipses (15 partial lunar eclipses and 27 total lunar eclipses)..

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2199 Nov 02, lasting 102 minutes.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1658 Dec 09	1947 Jun 03	2073 Aug 17	2109 Sep 09
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2488 Apr 26	2542 May 30	2686 Aug 25	3065 Apr 13

1901–2100

1911 May 13		1929 May 23		1947 Jun 03
1965 Jun 14		1983 Jun 25		2001 Jul 05
2019 Jul 16		2037 Jul 27		2055 Aug 07
2073 Aug 17		2091 Aug 29

Tritos series

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of July 4, 1936
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1958

Tzolkinex

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of April 22, 1940
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 1954

See also

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

External links

• 1947 Jun 03 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC