A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Friday, December 29, 1944,[1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.0176.

A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra.

Occurring about 6 days after perigee (on December 23, 1944, at 12:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

The eclipse was completely visible over much of Asia, Australia, and northwestern North America, seen rising over Europe, east Africa, and the Middle East and setting over much of North America and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 114, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events.

Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee).