October 1995 lunar eclipse
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.
Visibility
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 1995
Lunar year series
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 | |||||
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 124.
| October 3, 1986 | October 14, 2004 |
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
References
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- Saros cycle 117
- 1995 Oct 08 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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