April 2005 lunar eclipse

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Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
24 April 2005
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From Minneapolis, Minnesota, with inset images of a full moon a few hours before the eclipse, and the setting moon at 9:55 UT near greatest eclipse.
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The Moon passed (right to left) through the Earth's southern penumbral shadow.
Series (and member) 141 (23 of 73)
Gamma -1.0885
Magnitude 0.8650
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral4:05:38
Contacts (UTC)
P17:52:06
Greatest9:54:51
P411:57:44
Lunar eclipse chart-05apr24.png
The Moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Virgo.

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Sunday 24 April 2005, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2005. At maximum eclipse, 86.5% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth, which caused a slight shadow gradient across its disc; this subtle effect may have been visible to careful observers. No part of the Moon was in complete shadow. The eclipse lasted 4 hours and 6 minutes overall, and was visible from east Asia, Australia, and the Americas.

Contents

Visibility

NASA chart of the eclipse 2005-04-24 Lunar Eclipse Sketch.png
NASA chart of the eclipse

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Visibility Lunar Eclipse 2005-04-24.png

Member

This is the 23rd member of Lunar Saros 141. The previous event was the April 1987 lunar eclipse. The next event is the May 2023 lunar eclipse.

Eclipse season

This is the second eclipse this season.

First eclipse this season: 8 April 2005 Hybrid Solar Eclipse

Eclipses of 2005

Lunar eclipse 2002-2005

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

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2002–2005
Descending node Ascending node
Saros
Photo
Date
View
Type
Chart
GammaSaros
Photo
Date
View
Type
Chart
Gamma
111 2002 May 26
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penumbral
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1.1759116 2002 Nov 20
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penumbral
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−1.1127
121
Lunar eclipse May 2003-TLR75.jpg
2003 May 16
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total
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0.4123126
Lunar eclipse November 2003-TLR63.jpg
2003 Nov 09
Lunar eclipse from moon-2003Nov09.png
total
Lunar eclipse chart close-03nov09.png
−0.4319
131
Total lunar eclipse May 4 2004-Jpeter smith.jpg
2004 May 04
Lunar eclipse from moon-2004May04.png
total
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−0.3132136
Oct 28 2004 total lunar eclipse-espenak.png
2004 Oct 28
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total
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0.2846
141 2005 Apr 24
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penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-05apr24.png
−1.0885146
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2005 Oct 17
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partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-2005Oct17.png
0.9796
Last set 2002 Jun 24 Last set 2001 Dec 30
Next set 2006 Mar 14 Next set 2006 Sep 07

Saros series

Lunar Saros 141, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 26 total lunar eclipses.

First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1608 Aug 25

First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2041 May 16

First Total Lunar Eclipse: 2167 Aug 01

First Central Lunar Eclipse: 2221 Sep 02

Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 141: 2293 Oct 16

Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 2546 Mar 18

Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2618 May 01

Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2744 Jul 16

Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2888 Oct 11

1901-2100

March 1915 lunar eclipse

March 1933 lunar eclipse

March 1951 lunar eclipse

April 1969 lunar eclipse

April 1987 lunar eclipse

April 2005 lunar eclipse

May 2023 lunar eclipse

May 2041 lunar eclipse

May 2059 lunar eclipse

June 2077 lunar eclipse

June 2095 lunar eclipse

Metonic series

This eclipse is the last of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, 23–24 April, 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 DateTypeSarosDateType
111 1948 Apr 23 Partial116 1948 Oct 18 Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-1948Apr23.png Lunar eclipse chart close-1948Oct18.png
121 1967 Apr 24 Total126 1967 Oct 18 Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1967Apr24.png Lunar eclipse chart close-1967Oct18.png
131 1986 Apr 24 Total136 1986 Oct 17 Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1986Apr24.png Lunar eclipse chart close-1986Oct17.png
141 2005 Apr 24 Penumbral146 2005 Oct 17 Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-05apr24.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2005Oct17.png

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). [1] This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 148.

17 April 1996 29 April 2014
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References

  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros