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{{Short description|Partial lunar eclipse November 29, 1955}}
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! bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2|Partial Lunar Eclipse<br>November 29, 1955
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|colspan=2 align=center|(No photo)
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|colspan=2|[[File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1955Nov29.png|240px]]<br>The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's [[umbra]]l shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
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|align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0| [[Saros cycle|Series]]|| [[Lunar Saros 115|115]] (54 of 72)
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|align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0| [[Gamma (eclipse)|Gamma]]|| 0.9551
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|align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0| [[Magnitude of eclipse|Magnitude]]|| 0.1190
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!align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2| Duration (hr:mn:sc)
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|align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | Partial ||74:10
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|align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | Penumbral ||4:13:00
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!align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2| Contacts: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]
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|align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P1 || 14:52:59
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|align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U1 ||16:22:25
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|align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0| Greatest ||16:59:59
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|align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U4 || 17:36:35
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|align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P4 || 19:05:59
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A partial [[lunar eclipse]] took place on Tuesday, November 29, 1955 with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 0.11899. A partial lunar eclipse happens when the Earth moves between the Sun and the Full Moon, but they are not precisely aligned. Only part of the Moon's visible surface moves into the dark part of the Earth's shadow. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves between the Sun and Moon but the three celestial bodies do not form a straight line in space. When that happens, a small part of the Moon's surface is covered by the darkest, central part of the Earth's shadow, called the umbra. The rest of the Moon is covered by the outer part of the Earth's shadow called the penumbra. It was the second of two lunar eclipses in 1955, first being the penumbral lunar eclipse on [[June 1955 lunar eclipse|June 5]]. <ref>[http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=115 Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 115]</ref> It also occurred near perigee, making such event a [[supermoon]].

== Visibility ==
[[File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1955Nov29.png|320px]]

==Related lunar eclipses==

===Lunar year series===
{{Lunar eclipse set 1955–1958}}

=== Half-Saros cycle===
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a [[Saros_(astronomy)#Relationship_between_lunar_and_solar_saros_.28sar.29|half saros]]).<ref>Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros''</ref> This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of [[Solar Saros 122]].
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==See also==
*[[List of lunar eclipses]]
*[[List of 20th-century lunar eclipses]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
*{{LEplot1951 link|1955|Nov|29|P}}

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