May 1957 lunar eclipse
| Total Lunar Eclipse May 13, 1957 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 130 (31 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 May 13, 1957.
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 110 | 1955 Jun 5 |
Penumbral |
115 | 1955 Nov 29 |
Partial | |
| 120 | 1956 May 24 |
Partial |
125 | 1956 Nov 18 |
Total | |
| 130 | 1957 May 13 |
Total |
135 | 1957 Nov 7 |
Total | |
| 140 | 1958 May 3 |
Partial |
145 | 1958 Oct 27 |
Penumbral | |
| Last set | 1954 Jul 16 | Last set | 1955 Jan 8 | |||
| Next set | 1958 Apr 4 | Next set | 1959 Sep 17 | |||
Saros series
Lunar saros series 130, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 14 total lunar eclipses.
| Greatest | First | |||
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 The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2029 Jun 26, lasting 102 minutes.[1] |
Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| 1416 Jun 10 | 1560 Sep 4 | 1921 Apr 22 | 1957 May 13 | |
| Last | ||||
| Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
| 2083 Jul 29 | 2155 Sep 11 | 2552 May 10 | 2696 Aug 5 | |
| 1903 Apr 12 | 1921 Apr 22 | 1939 May 3 | |||
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| 2011 Jun 15 | 2029 Jun 26 | 2047 Jul 7 | |||
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See also
Notes
External links
- 1957 May 13 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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