June 1946 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on Friday, June 14, 1946. The northern tip of the moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow. This was the first central lunar eclipse of Saros series 129.

Visibility[edit]

It was completely visible over South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, seen rising over South America, Europe and Africa and setting over Asia and Australia.

Related lunar eclipses[edit]

Lunar year series[edit]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1944–1947
Descending node			Ascending node
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[edit]

Lunar saros series 129, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 71 events, has 11 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on May 24, 1910, and last will be on September 8, 2090. The longest occurrence of this series was on July 16, 2000 when totality lasted 106 minutes and 24.6 seconds.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 2000 Jul 16, lasting 106 minutes.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1351 Jun 10	1513 Sep 15	1910 May 24	1946 Jun 14
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2036 Aug 7	2090 Sep 8	2469 Apr 26	2613 Jul 24

It last occurred on June 3, 1928 and will next occur on June 25, 1964.

This is the 34th member of Lunar Saros 129. The previous event was the June 1928 lunar eclipse. The next event is the June 1964 lunar eclipse. Lunar Saros 129 contains 11 total lunar eclipses between 1910 and 2090. Solar Saros 136 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Half-Saros cycle[edit]

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 136.