October 2013 lunar eclipse explained

Type:penumbral
Date:18 October 2013
Gamma:1.1508
Magnitude:0.7649
Saros Ser:117
Saros No:52 of 72
Penumbral:239 minutes, 6 seconds
P1:21:50:41
Greatest:23:50:17
P4:1:49:47 (19 October)
Previous:May 2013
Next:April 2014

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 18–19 October 2013, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2013.

Visibility

It was visible from the Americas (for the end), Europe, Africa, and most of Asia (the beginning of the eclipse was visible in east Asia). The western part of the Philippines (including western Luzon and Palawan) could see the penumbral eclipse at moonset.

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2013

This eclipse is the one of four lunar eclipses in a short-lived series at the descending node of the Moon's orbit.

The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days (Shifting back about 10 days in sequential years). Because of the date shift, the Earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 124.

Tritos series

Tzolkinex

See also

External links

Notes and References

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