April 2005 lunar eclipse

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
April 24, 2005

The penumbral eclipse over Minneapolis, with inset images of the full moon still rising a few hours before the eclipse and setting at 9:55 UTC near greatest eclipse.

The moon passed (right to left) through the Earth's southern penumbral shadow.
Series (and member) 141 (23)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral 04:09:58
Contacts
P1 07:49:58 UTC
Greatest 09:54:53 UTC
P4 11:59:55 UTC

The moon's path across southern penumbral shadow in Virgo.

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on April 24, 2005, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2005.

Visibility

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipse 2002-2005

It is the last of four lunar year cycles, repeating every 354 days.

Metonic series

This eclipse is the last 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
121 1967 Apr 24 Total 126 1967 Oct 18 Total
131 1986 Apr 24 Total 136 1986 Oct 17 Total
141 2005 Apr 24 Penumbral 146 2005 Oct 17 Partial

See also

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.