A total lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, April 13, 1968, the first of two total eclipses in 1968, the second being on October 6, 1968.

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Penumbral Magnitude: 2.07253 (207.253%) Umbral Magnitude: 1.11164 (111.164%) Gamma: -0.41732 Epsilon: 0°25’24.96” Greatest Eclipse = 1968 Apr 13 at 04:47:22.2 UTC Ecliptic Opposition = 1968 Apr 13 at 04:51:39.2 UTC Equatorial Opposition = 1968 Apr 13 at 05:09:48.0 UTC Sun’s Equatorial Right Ascension = 1.439h Sun’s Equatorial Declination = +9.06° Sun’s Diameter = 1913.8 arcseconds Sun’s Equatorial Horizontal Parallax = 17.6 arcseconds Moon’s Equatorial Right Ascension = 13.426h Moon’s Equatorial Declination = -9.44° Moon’s Diameter = 1991.6 arcseconds Moon’s Equatorial Horizontal Parallax = 7309.4 arcseconds Earth’s Shadow’s Equatorial Right Ascension = 13.439h Earth’s Shadow’s Equatorial Declination = -9.06° Earth’s Penumbral Shadow’s Diameter = 9313.92 arcseconds Earth’s Umbral Shadow’s Diameter = 5486.4 arcseconds Saros 131 (31 of 72), Descending Node

Eclipse Contacts

P1: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 02:12:33.3 UTC U1: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 03:10:18.4 UTC U2: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 04:23:07.6 UTC Greatest: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 04:47:22.2 UTC U3: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 05:11:38.3 UTC U4: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 06:24:28.0 UTC P4: 1968 Apr 13 (Sat) at 07:22:09.1 UTC

Eclipse Durations

The total duration of the eclipse was 5 hours, 9 minutes and 35.8 seconds. The duration of the partial phases was 2 hours, 25 minutes and 38.9 seconds. The duration of totality was 48 minutes and 30.7 seconds.

Visibility

It was visible from North and South America, as well as Africa and western Europe.

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Saros series

It is the second total lunar eclipse of the series.

Inex series

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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 138.