April 2005 lunar eclipse
| Penumbral Lunar Eclipse April 24, 2005 | |
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 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.
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Related eclipses
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 |
Saros Photo |
Date View |
Type Chart | |
| 111 | 2002 May 26 |
penumbral |
116 |
2002 Nov 20 |
penumbral | |
121 |
2003 May 16 |
total |
126 |
2003 Nov 09 |
total | |
131 |
2004 May 04 |
total |
136 |
2004 Oct 28 |
total | |
| 141 |
2005 Apr 24 |
penumbral |
146 |
2005 Oct 17 |
partial | |
| Last set | 2002 Jun 24 | Last set | 2001 Dec 30 | |||
| Next set | 2006 Mar 14 | Next set | 2006 Sep 7 | |||
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.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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| Saros | Date | Type | Saros | Date | Type | |
| 111 | 1948 Apr 23 | Partial | 116 | 1948 Oct 18 | Penumbral | |
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| 121 | 1967 Apr 24 | Total | 126 | 1967 Oct 18 | Total | |
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| 131 | 1986 Apr 24 | Total | 136 | 1986 Oct 17 | Total | |
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| 141 | 2005 Apr 24 | Penumbral | 146 | 2005 Oct 17 | Partial | |
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
- May 2003 lunar eclipse
- November 2003 lunar eclipse
- May 2004 lunar eclipse
- File:2005-04-24 Lunar Eclipse Sketch.gif Chart
External links
- Saros cycle 141
- 2005 Apr 24 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Photo
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