- May 1939 lunar eclipse
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A total lunar eclipse took place on May 3, 1939.
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Saros series
Lunar saros series 130, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 14 total lunar eclipses.
Greatest First 
The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2029 Jun 26, lasting 102 minutes.[1]Penumbral Partial Total Central 1416 Jun 10 1560 Sep 4 1921 Apr 22 1957 May 13 Last Central Total Partial Penumbral 2083 Jul 29 2155 Sep 11 2552 May 10 2696 Aug 5 1901–2100 1903 Apr 12 1921 Apr 22 1939 May 3 
1957 May 13 1975 May 25 1993 Jun 4 
2011 Jun 15 2029 Jun 26 2047 Jul 7 
2065 Jul 17 2083 Jul 29 
Inex series
The inex series repeats eclipses 20 days short of 29 years, repeating on average every 10571.95 days. This period is equal to 358 lunations (synodic months) and 388.5 draconic months. Saros series increment by one on successive Inex events and repeat at alternate ascending and descending lunar nodes.
This period is 383.6734 anomalistic months (the period of the Moon's elliptical orbital precession). Despite the average 0.05 time-of-day shift between subsequent events, the variation of the Moon in its elliptical orbit at each event causes the actual eclipse time to vary significantly.
Series events from 1500–2500 Decending node Ascending node Decending node Ascending node Saros Date
ChartSaros Date
ChartSaros Date
ChartSaros Date
Chart115 1505 Feb 18
116 1534 Jan 30
117 1563 Jan 9 118 1591 Dec 30 119 1620 Dec 9 120 1649 Nov 19 121 1678 Oct 29 122 1707 Oct 11 123 1736 Sep 20 124 1765 Aug 30 125 1794 Aug 11 126 1823 Jul 23 127 1852 Jul 1 128 1881 Jun 12 129 1910 May 24
130 1939 May 3
131 1968 Apr 13
132 1997 Mar 24
133 2026 Mar 3
134 2055 Feb 11
135 2084 Jan 22
136 2113 Jan 2 137 2141 Dec 13 138 2170 Nov 23 139 2199 Nov 2 140 2228 Oct 14 141 2257 Sep 24 142 2286 Sep 3 143 2315 Aug 16 144 2344 Jul 26 145 2373 Jul 5 146 2402 Jun 16 147 2431 May 27 148 2460 May 5
149 2489 Apr 16
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- 1939 May 03 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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