April_1995_lunar_eclipse

April 1995 lunar eclipse

April 1995 lunar eclipse

Partial lunar eclipse April 15, 1995

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, April 15, 1995, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1995, the second being with a penumbral lunar eclipse on Sunday, October 8.

The Moon passes west to east (right to left) across the southern edge of the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.

Visibility

It was completely visible over eastern Asia, Australia, Pacific and western North America, seen rising over eastern Asia, and setting over western North America.

Eclipses of 1995

Lunar year series

This is the first of four lunar year eclipses at the ascending node of the Moon's orbit.

More information Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995–1998, Ascending node ...

Saros series

Lunar Saros series 112, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 15 total lunar eclipses.

More information Greatest, First ...

There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on Earth.

1901–2100
1905 Feb 19 1923 Mar 3 1941 Mar 13
1959 Mar 24 1977 Apr 04 1995 Apr 15
2013 Apr 25 2031 May 07 2049 May 17
2067 May 28 2085 Jun 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).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.

April 9, 1986 April 19, 2004

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Listing of Eclipses of series 112
  2. [2]
    Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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