A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, October 8, 1995, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1995, the first was a partial lunar eclipse on Saturday, April 15.
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, October 8, 1995, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1995, the first was a partial lunar eclipse on Saturday, April 15.
This is the first of four lunar year eclipses at the descending node of the Moon's orbit.
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995–1998 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
| Saros Photo | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | Saros Photo | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | |
| 112 | 1995 Apr 15  | Partial | −0.95939 | 117 | 1995 Oct 08  | Penumbral | 1.11794 | |
122 | 1996 Apr 04  | Total | −0.25339 | 127 | 1996 Sep 27  | Total | 0.34264 | |
132 | 1997 Mar 24  | Partial | 0.48990 | 137 | 1997 Sep 16  | Total | −0.37684 | |
| 142 | 1998 Mar 13  | Penumbral | 1.19644 | 147 | 1998 Sep 06  | Penumbral | −1.10579 | |
| Last set | 1994 May 25 | Last set | 1994 Nov 18 | |||||
| Next set | 1999 Jan 31 | Next set | 1998 Aug 08 | |||||
It was part of Saros series 117.
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 124.
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