November 1938 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place at the Moon's descending node of the orbit on Monday, November 7, 1938, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1938, with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.35251. It was visible in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Asia and west in Oceania. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour, 21 minutes and 25.9 seconds, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 35.251% of its diameter inside the Earth's umbral shadow. The visual effect of this depends on the state of the Earth's atmosphere, but the Moon may have been stained a deep red colour. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours, 30 minutes and 12.5 seconds in total. Occurring only 3.2 days before perigee (Perigee on Friday, November 11, 1938), the Moon's apparent diameter was 2% larger than average.

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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 132.