May 1966 lunar eclipse


A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on May 4, 1966. It was visible from South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Antarctica.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Saros series

Lunar Saros 111, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 11 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on April 19, 1353, and last was on August 4, 1533. The longest occurrence of this series was on June 12, 1443 when the totality lasted 106 minutes.

Metonic series

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days. This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 118.
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