A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Friday, July 26, 1991, the third of four lunar eclipses in 1991. This was the 2nd member of Lunar Saros 148. The previous event was on 15 July 1973, and the 1st eclipse of the series. The next event was on 6 August 2009. [1]
This eclipse is part of Saros cycle series 148.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1988–1991 | ||||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
Saros | Date | Type Viewing |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
113 |
1988 Mar 03![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
0.98855 | 118 |
1988 Aug 27![]() |
Partial![]() |
−0.86816 | |
123 |
1989 Feb 20![]() |
Total ![]() |
0.29347 | 128 |
1989 Aug 17![]() |
Total![]() |
−0.14905 | |
133 |
1990 Feb 09![]() |
Total![]() |
−0.41481 | 138 |
1990 Aug 06![]() |
Partial![]() |
0.63741 | |
143 |
1991 Jan 30![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
−1.07522 | 148 |
1991 Jul 26![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
1.43698 | |
Last set | 1987 Apr 14 | Last set | 1987 Oct 07 | |||||
Next set | 1991 Dec 21 | Next set | 1991 Jun 27 |
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). [2] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 155.
July 20, 1982 | July 31, 2000 |
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