September 1978 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse
September 16, 1978
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 127 (40 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1 UTC
U1
U2
Greatest
U3
U4
P4

A total lunar eclipse took place on September 16, 1978.[1]

Visibility

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1977-1980
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart
112 1977 Apr 04
 Partial
 117 1977 Sep 27
 Penumbral
122 1978 Mar 24
 Total
 127 1978 Sep 16
 Total
132 1979 Mar 13
 Partial
 137 1979 Sep 06
 Total
142 1980 Mar 01
 Penumbral
 147 1980 Aug 26
 Penumbral
Last set 1976 May 13 Last set 1976 Nov 06
Next set 1981 Jan 20 Next set 1980 Jul 27

Tritos series

The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.

This series produces 23 total eclipses between June 22, 1880 and August 9, 2120.

Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2100)
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
chart
119 1902 Apr 22
 Partial
 120 1913 Mar 22
 Partial
121 1924 Feb 20
 Partial
 122 1935 Jan 19
 Partial
124 1945 Dec 19
 Partial
 125 1956 Nov 18
 Total
126 1967 Oct 18
 Total
 127 1978 Sep 16
 Total
128 1989 Aug 17
 Total
 129 2000 Jul 16
 Total
130 2011 Jun 15
 Total
 131 2022 May 16
 Total
132 2033 Apr 14
 Total
 133 2044 Mar 13
 Total
134 2055 Feb 11
 Total
 135 2066 Jan 11
 Total
136 2076 Dec 10
 Total
 137 2087 Nov 10
 Total
138 2098 Oct 10
 Total

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 127


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