April 1967 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse April 24, 1967
Moon, as observed by Surveyor 3.
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series	121 (53 of 82)
Gamma	0.2972
Magnitude	1.3356
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	77 minutes, 56 seconds
Partial	202 minutes, 48 seconds
Penumbral	313 minutes, 24 seconds
Contacts UTC
P1	09:29:45
U1	10:25:02
U2	11:27:28
Greatest	12:06:26
U3	12:45:24
U4	13:47:50
P4	14:43:09

A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, April 24, 1967, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 1967, the second being on October 18, 1967.^[1]

This lunar eclipse is first of a tetrad, four total lunar eclipses in series. The following tetrad is in 1985 and 1986, starting with a May 1985 lunar eclipse.

The Surveyor 3 probe landed on the moon during this eclipse.^[2]

More details

Date = 24 April 1967

Penumbral Magnitude = 2.28924

Umbral Magnitude = 1.33559

Gamma = 0.29722

Greatest Eclipse = 24 April 1967 at 12:06:26.3 UTC

Ecliptic Opposition = 24 April 1967 at 12:03:24.0 UTC

Equatorial Opposition = 24 April 1967 at 11:51:47.1 UTC

Sun position

Right ascension: 2.09

Declination: 12.7

Moon position

Right ascension: 14.1

Declination: -12.5

Visibility

It was visible from Asia, Australia, Pacific Ocean, North America, South America and Antarctica.

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1966–1969
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
111	1966 May 4	Penumbral	1.05536	116	1966 Oct 29	Penumbral	−1.05999
121	1967 Apr 24	Total	0.29722	126	1967 Oct 18	Total	−0.36529
131	1968 Apr 13	Total	−0.41732	136	1968 Oct 6	Total	0.36054
141	1969 Apr 2	Penumbral	−1.17648	146	1969 Sep 25	Penumbral	1.06558

Last set	1965 Jun 14			Last set	1965 Dec 8

Next set	1970 Feb 21			Next set	1969 Aug 27

Tritos series

The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.

This series produces 20 total eclipses between April 24, 1967 and August 11, 2185, only being partial on November 19, 2021.

Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2087)
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type chart
115	1901 Oct 27	Partial	116	1912 Sep 26	Partial
117	1923 Aug 26	Partial	118	1934 Jul 26	Partial
119	1945 Jun 25	Partial	120	1956 May 24	Partial
121	1967 Apr 24	Total	122	1978 Mar 24	Total
123	1989 Feb 20	Total	124	2000 Jan 21	Total
125	2010 Dec 21	Total	126	2021 Nov 19	Partial
127	2032 Oct 18	Total	128	2043 Sep 19	Total
129	2054 Aug 18	Total	130	2065 Jul 17	Total
131	2076 Jun 17	Total	132	2087 May 17	Total
133	2098 Apr 15	Total

Tzolkinex

Preceded: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1960
Followed: Lunar eclipse of June 4, 1974

Saros series

It was part of Saros series 121.

Metonic series

This eclipse is the third of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, April 23–24, each separated by 19 years:

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

Metonic lunar eclipse sets 1948–2005
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type	Saros	Date	Type
111	1948 Apr 23	Partial	116	1948 Oct 18	Penumbral

121	1967 Apr 24	Total	126	1967 Oct 18	Total

131	1986 Apr 24	Total	136	1986 Oct 17	Total

141	2005 Apr 24	Penumbral	146	2005 Oct 17	Partial

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 128.