October 1967 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse October 18, 1967
(No photo)
240px The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series	126 (43 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1	UTC
U1
U2
Greatest
U3
U4
P4

A total lunar eclipse took place on October 18, 1967.^[1]

Visibility

320px

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1966–1969
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
111	1966 May 4 80px	Penumbral 80px	116	1966 Oct 29 80px	Penumbral 80px
121	1967 Apr 24 80px	Total 80px	126	1967 Oct 18 80px	Total 80px
131	1968 Apr 13 80px	Total 80px	136	1968 Oct 6 80px	Total 80px
141	1969 Apr 2 80px	Penumbral 80px	146	1969 Sep 25 80px	Penumbral 80px

Last set	1965 Jun 14		Last set	1965 Dec 8

Next set	1970 Feb 21		Next set	1969 Aug 27

Metonic series

This eclipse is the third of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, April 23–24, each separated by 19 years:

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

Metonic lunar eclipse sets 1948–2005
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type	Saros	Date	Type
111	1948 Apr 23	Partial	116	1948 Oct 18	Penumbral
120px			120px
121	1967 Apr 24	Total	126	1967 Oct 18	Total
120px			120px
131	1986 Apr 24	Total	136	1986 Oct 17	Total
120px			120px
141	2005 Apr 24	Penumbral	146	2005 Oct 17	Partial

Tritos series

The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.

This series produces 23 total eclipses between June 22, 1880 and August 9, 2120.

Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2100)
Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type chart
119	1902 Apr 22	Partial	120	1913 Mar 22	Partial
121	1924 Feb 20	Partial	122	1935 Jan 19	Partial
124	1945 Dec 19 80px	Partial 80px	125	1956 Nov 18	Total
126	1967 Oct 18 80px	Total 80px	127	1978 Sep 16	Total
128	1989 Aug 17	Total	129	2000 Jul 16	Total
130	2011 Jun 15	Total	131	2022 May 16	Total
132	2033 Apr 14	Total	133	2044 Mar 13 80px	Total 80px
134	2055 Feb 11 80px	Total 80px	135	2066 Jan 11 80px	Total 80px
136	2076 Dec 10	Total	137	2087 Nov 10	Total
138	2098 Oct 10 80px	Total 80px