December 1965 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, December 8, 1965. At maximum eclipse, 88% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth, which caused a slight shadow gradient across its disc; this subtle effect may have been visible to careful observers. No part of the Moon was in complete shadow. The eclipse lasted 4 hours and 1 minute overall.^[1]

Visibility[edit]

Related lunar eclipses[edit]

Lunar year series[edit]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1962–1965
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
109	1962 Jul 17	Penumbral	114	1963 Jan 9	Penumbral
119	1963 Jul 6	Partial	124	1963 Dec 30	Total
129	1964 Jun 25	Total	134	1964 Dec 19	Total
139	1965 Jun 14	Partial	144	1965 Dec 8	Penumbral

Last set	1962 Aug 15		Last set	1962 Feb 19

Next set	1966 May 4		Next set	1966 Oct 29

Saros cycle[edit]

Lunar Saros series 144, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 20 total lunar eclipses.

First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1749 Jul 29

First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2146 Mar 28

First Total Lunar Eclipse: 2308 Jul 04

First Central Lunar Eclipse: 2362 Aug 06

Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 144: 2416 Sep 07

Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 2488 Oct 20

Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2651 Jan 28

Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2867 Jun 08

Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 3011 Sep 04

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).^[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 151.