December 1944 lunar eclipse

Penumbral lunar eclipse December 29 1944

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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Friday, December 29, 1944. In a rare total penumbral eclipse, the entire Moon was partially shaded by the Earth (though none of it was in complete shadow), and the shading across the Moon should have been quite visible at maximum eclipse. The penumbral phase lasted for 4 hours and 27 minutes in all, though for most of it, the eclipse was extremely difficult or impossible to see. Saturn was conjunct the Moon during the eclipse.

## Visibility

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## Related lunar eclipses

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### Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1944–1947  Descending node  |  | Ascending node

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Saros | Date
viewing  | Type
chart  | Saros  | Date
viewing  | Type
chart
109  | 1944 Jul 06
| Penumbral
| 114  | 1944 Dec 29
| Penumbral

119  | 1945 Jun 25
| Partial
| 124  | 1945 Dec 19
| Total

129  | 1946 Jun 14
| Total
| 134  | 1946 Dec 08
| Total

139  | 1947 Jun 03
| Partial
| 144  | 1947 Nov 28
| Penumbral

### Saros series

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Lunar Saros series 114, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 13 total lunar eclipses.

First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 0971 May 13

First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1115 Aug 07

First Total Lunar Eclipse: 1458 Feb 28

First Central Lunar Eclipse: 1530 Apr 12

Greatest Eclipse of Lunar Saros 114: 1584 May 24

Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1638 Jun 26

Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 1674 Jul 17

Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1890 Nov 26

Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2233 Jun 22

## See also

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* List of lunar eclipses
* List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

## Notes

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## External links

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* 1944 Dec 29 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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Penumbral eclipses

| Partial|

* 23 Mar 1940
* 22 Apr 1940
* 16 Oct 1940
* 1951 Feb 21
* 1951 Mar 23
* 1951 Aug 17
* 1951 Sep 15
* 1955 Jan 08
* 1955 Jun 05
* 1958 Apr 04
* 1958 Oct 27
* 1959 Sep 17
* 1962 Feb 19
* 1962 Jul 17
* 1962 Aug 15
* 1965 Dec 08
* 1966 May 04
* 1966 Oct 29
* 1969 Apr 02
* 1969 Aug 27
* 1969 Sep 25
* 1973 Jan 18
* 1973 Jun 15
* 1973 Jul 15
* 1976 Nov 06
* 1977 Sep 27
* 1980 Mar 01
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* 1980 Aug 26
* 1983 Dec 20
* 1984 May 15
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* 1984 Nov 08
* 1987 Apr 14
* 1987 Oct 07
* 1991 Jan 30
* 1991 Jun 27
* 1991 Jul 26
* 1994 Nov 18
* 1995 Oct 08
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* 1998 Sep 06
* 2001 Dec 30
* 2002 May 26
* 2002 Jun 24
* 2002 Nov 20
* 2005 Apr 24
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* 2016 Aug 18
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* 2031 May 07
* 2031 Jun 05
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* 2034 Apr 03
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* 2038 Jan 21
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* 2042 Apr 05
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* 2045 Aug 27
* 2048 Dec 20
* 2049 May 17
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* 2049 Nov 09
* 2052 Apr 14
* 2053 Mar 04
* 2060 Nov 08
* 2107 May 7

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* 1963 Jan 09
* 1981 Jan 20
* 1988 Mar 03
* 1999 Jan 31
* 2006 Mar 14
* → 2053 Aug 29
* 2070 Apr 25

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* Danjon scale
* Eclipse cycle
* Eclipse season
* Eclipses in mythology and culture
* Gamma
* Solar eclipse

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