A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Sunday, November 18, 1956,[1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.3172.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow.

Occurring about 3.4 days before perigee (on November 21, 1956, at 16:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 125, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 37 at 100 minutes, 23 seconds on August 22, 1812.

All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.