A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, October 7, 1930, with an umbral magnitude of 0.0253. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when one part of the Moon is in the Earth's umbra, while the other part is in the Earth's penumbra. 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. Occurring about 4.4 days after apogee (on October 3, 1930, at 9:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over east Africa, eastern Europe, Asia, and western Australia, seen rising over west Africa, western Europe, and eastern South America and setting over eastern Australia and northeast Asia.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+October 7, 1930 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 1.09067 Umbral Magnitude 0.02525 Gamma −0.98118 Sun Right Ascension 12h50m44.6s Sun Declination -05°26'30.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'00.5" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 00h52m28.2s Moon Declination +04°38'57.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'01.5" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'08.6" ΔT 24.1 s
Eclipse season
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.
+ Eclipse season of October 1930 October 7Ascending node (full moon) October 21Descending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 116 Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 142
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1930 A partial lunar eclipse on April 13. A hybrid solar eclipse on April 28. A partial lunar eclipse on October 7. A total solar eclipse on October 21.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 19, 1926 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 26, 1934
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 26, 1923 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 1937
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 1, 1921 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1939
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 7, 1919 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 5, 1941
Lunar Saros 116 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 26, 1912 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 18, 1948
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 27, 1901 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 17, 1959
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 7, 1843 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 7, 2017
Lunar eclipses of 1930–1933
Saros 116
Tritos series
Inex series
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 123. October 1, 1921October 12, 1939
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
References
External links Saros series 116