Lunar Eclipses: 1961 - 1970

Fred Espenak

A concise summary of all lunar eclipses from 1961 through 1970 is presented in the table below. The first column gives the Calendar Date of the instant of greatest eclipse[1]. The second column TD of Greatest Eclipse is the Terrestrial Dynamical Time of greatest eclipse. The third column lists the Eclipse Type which is either Total, Partial, or Penumbral.

Eclipses recur over the Saros cycle, a period of approximately 18 years 11 days. Each eclipse belongs to the Saros Series shown in the 4th column. The Umbral Magnitude[2] (column 5) gives the fraction of the Moon's diameter immersed in Earth's umbral shadow at the instant of greatest eclipse. The Eclipse Duration[3] gives the length of the partial eclipse. If the eclipse is total then two durations are listed. The first is the interval between the beginning and end of the partial phases. The second value (in bold) is the duration the total phase. Finally, the Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility[4] provides a brief description of the regions where each eclipse will be seen.

Two fields in the summary table provide links to graphics and additional information for each eclipse. A figure consisting of a diagram and map for each eclipse may be seen by clicking on the Calendar Date. The top diagram shows the Moon's trajectory with respect to Earth's penumbral and umbral shadows. The equidistant cylindrical projection map below illustrates the geographpic region of visibility for each phase of the eclipse. These figures are described in greater detail in the Key to Lunar Eclipse Maps. Each figure is stored as a PDF file of about 110 kilobytes.

All eclipses belonging to a particular Saros Series are listed in a table linked through the Saros number.

The Key to Lunar Eclipse Decade Table contains a more detailed description of each item in the table.

For more data on lunar eclipses during this period, see Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: 1901 to 2000 .

Lunar Eclipses: 1961 - 1970
Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse Eclipse Type Saros Series Umbral Magnitude Eclipse Duration Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility
1961 Mar 02 13:28:40 Partial 132 0.801 03h13m Asia, Australia, Pacific, N America
1961 Aug 26 03:08:51 Partial 137 0.986 03h06m Americas, Europe, Africa, Mid East
1962 Feb 19 13:03:42 Penumbral 142 -0.487 - Asia, Australia, Pacific, N America
1962 Jul 17 11:54:49 Penumbral 109 -0.583 - e Asia, Australia, Pacific, w Americas
1962 Aug 15 19:57:30 Penumbral 147 -0.362 - Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
1963 Jan 09 23:19:42 Penumbral 114 -0.018 - Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
1963 Jul 06 22:02:59 Partial 119 0.706 03h00m S America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
1963 Dec 30 11:07:25 Total 124 1.335 03h24m
01h18m
Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas
1964 Jun 25 01:06:50 Total 129 1.556 03h53m
01h41m
Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
1964 Dec 19 02:37:54 Total 134 1.175 03h15m
00h59m
e Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa, c Asia
1965 Jun 14 01:49:26 Partial 139 0.177 01h40m Americas, Europe, Africa, sw Asia
1965 Dec 08 17:10:32 Penumbral 144 -0.120 - Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
1966 May 04 21:12:06 Penumbral 111 -0.073 - S America, Europe, Africa, c Asia, Australia
1966 Oct 29 10:12:53 Penumbral 116 -0.125 - e Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas
1967 Apr 24 12:07:04 Total 121 1.336 03h23m
01h18m
Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas
1967 Oct 18 10:15:48 Total 126 1.143 03h39m
01h00m
Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas
1968 Apr 13 04:48:01 Total 131 1.112 03h14m
00h49m
Americas, Europe, Africa
1968 Oct 06 11:42:35 Total 136 1.169 03h34m
01h03m
Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas
1969 Apr 02 18:33:06 Penumbral 141 -0.305 - Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
1969 Aug 27 10:48:15 Penumbral 108 -0.952 - e Asia, Australia, w Americas
1969 Sep 25 20:10:19 Penumbral 146 -0.095 - Europe, Africa, Asia, Austrlia
1970 Feb 21 08:30:43 Partial 113 0.046 00h53m e Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas, w Europe
1970 Aug 17 03:24:06 Partial 118 0.408 02h11m Americas, Europe, Africa, Mid East

Geographic abbreviations (used above): n = north, s = south, e = east, w = west, c = central


[1] Greatest Eclipse is the instant when the distance between the axis of Earth's umbral shadow and the center of the Moon's disk reaches a minimum.

[2] Umbral magnitude is the fraction of the Moon's diameter obscured by Earth's umbral shadow at the instant of greatest eclipse. For total eclipses, the umbral magnitude is always greater than or equal to 1. For partial eclipses, the umbral magnitude is always greater than 0 and less than 1. For penumbral eclipses, the umbral magnitude is always negative (i.e., less than 0).

[3] Eclipse Duration is the duration of the partial phase of a partial eclipse. For total eclipses two values are given. The first is the period between the beginning and end of the partial phases, while the second value (in bold is the duration of the total phase.

[4] Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility is the portion of Earth's surface where some portion of the eclipse can be seen.


Decade Tables of Lunar Eclipses

Every link in the following table displays a page containing 10 years of lunar eclipses. Each eclipse has links to diagrams, maps and saros tables.

Ten Year Tables of Lunar Eclipses
Decades
1901-1910 1911-1920 1921-1930 1931-1940 1941-1950
1951-1960 1961-1970 1971-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000
2001-2010 2011-2020 2021-2030 2031-2040 2041-2050
2051-2060 2061-2070 2071-2080 2081-2090 2091-2100

Lunar Eclipse Catalogs
Lunar Eclipse Resources
Lunar Eclipse Publications Online

Special thanks to National Space Club summer interns Christopher Barrow for his valuable assistance in preparing this web page (July 2004) and Sumit Dutta for meticulously updating the Eclipse Web Site to NASA/W3C standards (July 2005).

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Some of the information presented on this web site is based on data published in Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000.

Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC"

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2013 Dec 09