# December 1936 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, December 28, 1936, with an umbral magnitude of −0.1550. 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 2.3 days after perigee (on December 25, 1936, at 20:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

## Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over North and South America, west Africa, and Europe, seen rising over the central Pacific Ocean and setting over central Africa, east Africa, west Asia, and central Asia.

## Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
December 28, 1936 Lunar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Penumbral Magnitude | 0.84510 |
| Umbral Magnitude | −0.15495 |
| Gamma | −1.09705 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 18h27m15.3s |
| Sun Declination | -23°17'57.2" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'16.0" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 06h26m34.6s |
| Moon Declination | +22°13'08.7" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'15.9" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°59'41.6" |
| ΔT | 23.9 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 December 1936 :
| December 13 Ascending node (new moon) | December 28 Descending node (full moon) |
| Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 131 | Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 143 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 1936

* A total lunar eclipse on January 8.
* A total solar eclipse on June 19.
* A partial lunar eclipse on July 4.
* An annular solar eclipse on December 13.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 28.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 12, 1933
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 16, 1940

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 17, 1929
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 9, 1944

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 28, 1926
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 28, 1947

### Lunar Saros 143

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 17, 1918
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 8, 1955

### Inex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 18, 1908
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 8, 1965

### Triad

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 26, 1850
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 28, 2023

### Lunar eclipses of 1933–1936

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 penumbral lunar eclipses on March 12, 1933 and September 4, 1933 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1933 to 1936 :
| Descending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
| Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma |
| 103 | 1933 Feb 10 | Penumbral | 1.5600 | 108 | 1933 Aug 05 | Penumbral | −1.4216 |
| 113 | 1934 Jan 30 | Partial | 0.9258 | 118 | 1934 Jul 26 | Partial | −0.6681 |
| 123 | 1935 Jan 19 | Total | 0.2498 | 128 | 1935 Jul 16 | Total | 0.0672 |
| 133 | 1936 Jan 08 | Total | −0.4429 | 138 | 1936 Jul 04 | Partial | 0.8642 |
| 143 | 1936 Dec 28 | Penumbral | −1.0971 |

### Saros 143

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on August 18, 1720. It contains partial eclipses from March 14, 2063 through June 21, 2225; total eclipses from July 2, 2243 through April 13, 2712; and a second set of partial eclipses from April 25, 2730 through July 9, 2856. The series ends at member 72 as a penumbral eclipse on October 5, 3000.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 36 at 99 minutes, 9 seconds on September 6, 2351. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.
| Greatest | First | First | First | First |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2351 Sep 06, lasting 99 minutes, 9 seconds. | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2351 Sep 06, lasting 99 minutes, 9 seconds. | 1720 Aug 18 | 2063 Mar 14 | 2243 Jul 02 | 2297 Aug 03 |
| Last ||||
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2351 Sep 06, lasting 99 minutes, 9 seconds. | Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2351 Sep 06, lasting 99 minutes, 9 seconds. | 2495 Dec 02 | 2712 Apr 13 | 2856 Jul 09 | 3000 Oct 05 |
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 6–27 occur between 1801 and 2200: :
| 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 1810 Oct 12 | 1810 Oct 12 | 1828 Oct 23 | 1828 Oct 23 | 1846 Nov 03 | 1846 Nov 03 |
| 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| 1864 Nov 13 | 1864 Nov 13 | 1882 Nov 25 | 1882 Nov 25 | 1900 Dec 06 | 1900 Dec 06 |
| 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| 1918 Dec 17 | 1918 Dec 17 | 1936 Dec 28 | 1936 Dec 28 | 1955 Jan 08 | 1955 Jan 08 |
| 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| 1973 Jan 18 | 1973 Jan 18 | 1991 Jan 30 | 1991 Jan 30 | 2009 Feb 09 | 2009 Feb 09 |
| 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| 2027 Feb 20 | 2027 Feb 20 | 2045 Mar 03 | 2045 Mar 03 | 2063 Mar 14 | 2063 Mar 14 |
| 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| 2081 Mar 25 | 2081 Mar 25 | 2099 Apr 05 | 2099 Apr 05 | 2117 Apr 16 | 2117 Apr 16 |
| 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 |
| 2135 Apr 28 | 2135 Apr 28 | 2153 May 08 | 2153 May 08 | 2171 May 19 | 2171 May 19 |
| 27 ||
| 2189 May 29 ||

### 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 2078 :
| 1806 Jan 05 (Saros 131) | 1806 Jan 05 (Saros 131) | 1816 Dec 04 (Saros 132) | 1816 Dec 04 (Saros 132) | 1827 Nov 03 (Saros 133) | 1827 Nov 03 (Saros 133) | 1838 Oct 03 (Saros 134) | 1838 Oct 03 (Saros 134) | 1849 Sep 02 (Saros 135) | 1849 Sep 02 (Saros 135) |
| 1860 Aug 01 (Saros 136) | 1860 Aug 01 (Saros 136) | 1871 Jul 02 (Saros 137) | 1871 Jul 02 (Saros 137) | 1882 Jun 01 (Saros 138) | 1882 Jun 01 (Saros 138) | 1893 Apr 30 (Saros 139) | 1893 Apr 30 (Saros 139) | 1904 Mar 31 (Saros 140) | 1904 Mar 31 (Saros 140) |
| 1915 Mar 01 (Saros 141) | 1915 Mar 01 (Saros 141) | 1926 Jan 28 (Saros 142) | 1926 Jan 28 (Saros 142) | 1936 Dec 28 (Saros 143) | 1936 Dec 28 (Saros 143) | 1947 Nov 28 (Saros 144) | 1947 Nov 28 (Saros 144) | 1958 Oct 27 (Saros 145) | 1958 Oct 27 (Saros 145) |
| 1969 Sep 25 (Saros 146) | 1969 Sep 25 (Saros 146) | 1980 Aug 26 (Saros 147) | 1980 Aug 26 (Saros 147) | 1991 Jul 26 (Saros 148) | 1991 Jul 26 (Saros 148) | 2002 Jun 24 (Saros 149) | 2002 Jun 24 (Saros 149) | 2013 May 25 (Saros 150) | 2013 May 25 (Saros 150) |
| 2078 Nov 19 (Saros 156) ||

### 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 :
| 1821 Mar 18 (Saros 139) | 1821 Mar 18 (Saros 139) | 1850 Feb 26 (Saros 140) | 1850 Feb 26 (Saros 140) | 1879 Feb 07 (Saros 141) | 1879 Feb 07 (Saros 141) |
| 1908 Jan 18 (Saros 142) | 1908 Jan 18 (Saros 142) | 1936 Dec 28 (Saros 143) | 1936 Dec 28 (Saros 143) | 1965 Dec 08 (Saros 144) | 1965 Dec 08 (Saros 144) |
| 1994 Nov 18 (Saros 145) | 1994 Nov 18 (Saros 145) | 2023 Oct 28 (Saros 146) | 2023 Oct 28 (Saros 146) | 2052 Oct 08 (Saros 147) | 2052 Oct 08 (Saros 147) |
| 2081 Sep 18 (Saros 148) | 2081 Sep 18 (Saros 148) | 2110 Aug 29 (Saros 149) | 2110 Aug 29 (Saros 149) | 2139 Aug 10 (Saros 150) | 2139 Aug 10 (Saros 150) |
| 2168 Jul 20 (Saros 151) | 2168 Jul 20 (Saros 151) | 2197 Jun 29 (Saros 152) | 2197 Jun 29 (Saros 152) |

### 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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 150.
| December 24, 1927 | January 3, 1946 |