May 1920 lunar eclipse
{{Short description|Total lunar eclipse May 3, 1920}}
{{Infobox lunar eclipse
| type = total
| image = Lunar eclipse chart close-1920May03.png
| caption = The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
| date = May 3, 1920
| gamma = −0.3312
| magnitude = 1.2194
| saros_ser = 120
| saros_no = 53 of 84
| totality = 71 minutes, 31 seconds
| partiality = 219 minutes, 39 seconds
| penumbral = 360 minutes, 4 seconds
| p1 = 22:50:47
| u1 = 0:00:56
| u2 = 1:15:01
| greatest = 1:50:47
| u3 = 2:26:32
| u4 = 3:40:36
| p4 = 4:50:51
| previous = November 1919
| next = October 1920
}}
A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, May 3, 1920,{{cite web|title=May 2–3, 1920 Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon)|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/1920-may-3|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=16 December 2024}} with an umbral magnitude of 1.2194. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. 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. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring only about 3.8 days before apogee (on May 6, 1920, at 21:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=1920&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=16 December 2024}}
This lunar eclipse was the first of an almost tetrad, with the others being on October 27, 1920 (total); April 22, 1921 (total); and October 16, 1921 (partial).
Visibility
The eclipse was completely visible over South America, west and southern Africa, western Europe, and Antarctica, seen rising over much of North America and the eastern Pacific Ocean and setting over eastern Europe, east Africa, and the western half of Asia.{{cite web|title=Total Lunar Eclipse of 1920 May 03|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot1901/LE1920May03T.pdf|publisher=NASA|access-date=16 December 2024}}
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Eclipse details
Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.{{cite web|title=Total Lunar Eclipse of 1920 May 03|url=https://eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEprime/1901-2000/LE1920May03Tprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=16 December 2024}}
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|+May 3, 1920 Lunar Eclipse Parameters ! Parameter ! Value |
Penumbral Magnitude
| 2.28178 |
Umbral Magnitude
| 1.21939 |
Gamma
| −0.33118 |
Sun Right Ascension
| 02h39m30.8s |
Sun Declination
| +15°32'26.3" |
Sun Semi-Diameter
| 15'51.7" |
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax
| 08.7" |
Moon Right Ascension
| 14h39m15.0s |
Moon Declination
| -15°50'11.0" |
Moon Semi-Diameter
| 14'55.8" |
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax
| 0°54'47.6" |
ΔT
| 21.5 s |
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Eclipse season
{{See also|Eclipse cycle}}
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.
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|+ Eclipse season of May 1920 ! May 3 | |
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| Total lunar eclipse | Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 146 |
Related eclipses
= Eclipses in 1920 =
- A total lunar eclipse on May 3.
- A partial solar eclipse on May 18.
- A total lunar eclipse on October 27.
- A partial solar eclipse on November 10.
= Metonic =
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 15, 1916
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 1924
= Tzolkinex =
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 22, 1913
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 1927
= Half-Saros =
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1911
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1929
= Tritos =
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 4, 1909
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 2, 1931
= Lunar Saros 120 =
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 22, 1902
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 14, 1938
= Inex =
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 23, 1891
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 13, 1949
= Triad =
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 2, 1833
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 2007
= Lunar eclipses of 1919–1922 =
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.{{cite web |last1=van Gent |first1=R.H |title=Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present |url=http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/eclipse/eclipsecycles.htm#Sar%20%28Half%20Saros%29 |website=A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles |publisher=Utrecht University |access-date=6 October 2018}}
The penumbral lunar eclipse on March 13, 1922 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
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!class="nowrap" colspan="9" | Lunar eclipse series sets from 1919 to 1922 |
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| rowspan="11" | ! scope="col" colspan="4" | Descending node |
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! scope="col" | Saros ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Type ! scope="col" | Gamma ! scope="col" | Saros ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Type ! scope="col" | Gamma |
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| 110 | style="text-align:center;" |Penumbral | −1.0820 | 115 | style="text-align:center;" |Partial | 0.9246 |
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| 120 | 1920 May 03 | style="text-align:center;" |Total | −0.3312 | 125 | style="text-align:center;" |Total | 0.2502 |
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| 130 | style="text-align:center;" |Total | 0.4269 | 135 | style="text-align:center;" |Partial | −0.4902 |
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| 140 | style="text-align:center;" |Penumbral | 1.1228 | 145 | style="text-align:center;" |Penumbral | −1.2348 |
= Saros 120 =
{{Lunar Saros series 120}}
= Tritos series =
{{Lunar Tritos series August 2007}}
= Inex series =
{{Lunar Inex series March 2007}}
= Half-Saros cycle =
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 127.
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See also
Notes
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External links
- {{LEplot1901 link|1920|May|03|T}}
{{Lunar eclipses}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lunar eclipse 1917-20}}