# February 1962 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, February 19, 1962, with an umbral magnitude of −0.4865. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into 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 1.3 days before apogee (on February 20, 1962, at 20:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

## Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over east and northeast Asia, Australia, and northwestern North America, seen rising over the western half of Asia and setting over much of North America.

## Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
February 19, 1962 Lunar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Penumbral Magnitude | 0.61204 |
| Umbral Magnitude | −0.48649 |
| Gamma | 1.25115 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 22h09m56.0s |
| Sun Declination | -11°19'41.9" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'10.7" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 10h11m07.8s |
| Moon Declination | +12°24'59.8" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'43.6" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°54'02.8" |
| ΔT | 34.1 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 February 1962 :
| February 5 Descending node (new moon) | February 19 Ascending node (full moon) |
| Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 130 | Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 142 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 1962

* A total solar eclipse on February 5.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 19.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 17.
* An annular solar eclipse on July 31.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 15.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1958
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 8, 1965

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 8, 1955
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 2, 1969

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 1951
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 18, 1973

### Lunar Saros 142

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 9, 1944
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 1, 1980

### Inex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 12, 1933
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 30, 1991

### Triad

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 20, 1875
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 20, 2048

### Lunar eclipses of 1958–1962

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
The lunar eclipses on May 3, 1958 (partial) and October 28, 1958 (penumbral) occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the penumbral lunar eclipse on July 17, 1962 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1958 to 1962 :
| Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node |
| Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma |
| 102 | 1958 Apr 04 | Penumbral | −1.5381 | | | | |
| 112 | 1959 Mar 24 | Partial | −0.8757 | 117 | 1959 Sep 17 | Penumbral | 1.0296 |
| 122 | 1960 Mar 13 | Total | −0.1799 | 127 | 1960 Sep 05 | Total | 0.2422 |
| 132 | 1961 Mar 02 | Partial | 0.5541 | 137 | 1961 Aug 26 | Partial | −0.4895 |
| 142 | 1962 Feb 19 | Penumbral | 1.2512 | 147 | 1962 Aug 15 | Penumbral | −1.2210 |

### Saros 142

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on September 19, 1709. It contains partial eclipses from May 5, 2088 through July 10, 2196; total eclipses from July 22, 2214 through April 21, 2665; and a second set of partial eclipses from May 3, 2683 through July 29, 2827. The series ends at member 73 as a penumbral eclipse on November 17, 3007.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 34 at 103 minutes, 54 seconds on September 15, 2304. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.
| Greatest | First | First | First | First |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2304 Sep 15, lasting 103 minutes, 54 seconds. | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2304 Sep 15, lasting 103 minutes, 54 seconds. | 1709 Sep 19 | 2088 May 05 | 2214 Jul 22 | 2250 Aug 13 |
| Last ||||
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2304 Sep 15, lasting 103 minutes, 54 seconds. | Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2304 Sep 15, lasting 103 minutes, 54 seconds. | 2448 Dec 10 | 2665 Apr 21 | 2827 Jul 29 | 3007 Nov 17 |
Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
Series members 7–28 occur between 1801 and 2200: :
| 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| 1817 Nov 23 | 1817 Nov 23 | 1835 Dec 05 | 1835 Dec 05 | 1853 Dec 15 | 1853 Dec 15 |
| 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| 1871 Dec 26 | 1871 Dec 26 | 1890 Jan 06 | 1890 Jan 06 | 1908 Jan 18 | 1908 Jan 18 |
| 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| 1926 Jan 28 | 1926 Jan 28 | 1944 Feb 09 | 1944 Feb 09 | 1962 Feb 19 | 1962 Feb 19 |
| 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| 1980 Mar 01 | 1980 Mar 01 | 1998 Mar 13 | 1998 Mar 13 | 2016 Mar 23 | 2016 Mar 23 |
| 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| 2034 Apr 03 | 2034 Apr 03 | 2052 Apr 14 | 2052 Apr 14 | 2070 Apr 25 | 2070 Apr 25 |
| 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
| 2088 May 05 | 2088 May 05 | 2106 May 17 | 2106 May 17 | 2124 May 28 | 2124 May 28 |
| 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
| 2142 Jun 08 | 2142 Jun 08 | 2160 Jun 18 | 2160 Jun 18 | 2178 Jun 30 | 2178 Jun 30 |
| 28 ||
| 2196 Jul 10 ||

### Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2147 :
| 1809 Apr 30 (Saros 128) | 1809 Apr 30 (Saros 128) | 1820 Mar 29 (Saros 129) | 1820 Mar 29 (Saros 129) | 1831 Feb 26 (Saros 130) | 1831 Feb 26 (Saros 130) | 1842 Jan 26 (Saros 131) | 1842 Jan 26 (Saros 131) | 1852 Dec 26 (Saros 132) | 1852 Dec 26 (Saros 132) |
| 1863 Nov 25 (Saros 133) | 1863 Nov 25 (Saros 133) | 1874 Oct 25 (Saros 134) | 1874 Oct 25 (Saros 134) | 1885 Sep 24 (Saros 135) | 1885 Sep 24 (Saros 135) | 1896 Aug 23 (Saros 136) | 1896 Aug 23 (Saros 136) | 1907 Jul 25 (Saros 137) | 1907 Jul 25 (Saros 137) |
| 1918 Jun 24 (Saros 138) | 1918 Jun 24 (Saros 138) | 1929 May 23 (Saros 139) | 1929 May 23 (Saros 139) | 1940 Apr 22 (Saros 140) | 1940 Apr 22 (Saros 140) | 1951 Mar 23 (Saros 141) | 1951 Mar 23 (Saros 141) | 1962 Feb 19 (Saros 142) | 1962 Feb 19 (Saros 142) |
| 1973 Jan 18 (Saros 143) | 1973 Jan 18 (Saros 143) | 1983 Dec 20 (Saros 144) | 1983 Dec 20 (Saros 144) | 1994 Nov 18 (Saros 145) | 1994 Nov 18 (Saros 145) | 2005 Oct 17 (Saros 146) | 2005 Oct 17 (Saros 146) | 2016 Sep 16 (Saros 147) | 2016 Sep 16 (Saros 147) |
| 2027 Aug 17 (Saros 148) | 2027 Aug 17 (Saros 148) | 2038 Jul 16 (Saros 149) | 2038 Jul 16 (Saros 149) | 2049 Jun 15 (Saros 150) | 2049 Jun 15 (Saros 150) | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2114 Dec 12 (Saros 156) | 2114 Dec 12 (Saros 156) | | |
| | | 2147 Sep 09 (Saros 159) | 2147 Sep 09 (Saros 159) |

### Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| 1817 May 30 (Saros 137) | 1817 May 30 (Saros 137) | 1846 May 11 (Saros 138) | 1846 May 11 (Saros 138) | 1875 Apr 20 (Saros 139) | 1875 Apr 20 (Saros 139) |
| 1904 Mar 31 (Saros 140) | 1904 Mar 31 (Saros 140) | 1933 Mar 12 (Saros 141) | 1933 Mar 12 (Saros 141) | 1962 Feb 19 (Saros 142) | 1962 Feb 19 (Saros 142) |
| 1991 Jan 30 (Saros 143) | 1991 Jan 30 (Saros 143) | 2020 Jan 10 (Saros 144) | 2020 Jan 10 (Saros 144) | 2048 Dec 20 (Saros 145) | 2048 Dec 20 (Saros 145) |
| 2077 Nov 29 (Saros 146) | 2077 Nov 29 (Saros 146) | 2106 Nov 11 (Saros 147) | 2106 Nov 11 (Saros 147) | 2135 Oct 22 (Saros 148) | 2135 Oct 22 (Saros 148) |
| 2164 Sep 30 (Saros 149) | 2164 Sep 30 (Saros 149) | 2193 Sep 11 (Saros 150) | 2193 Sep 11 (Saros 150) |

### Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 149.
| February 14, 1953 | February 25, 1971 |