October_1995_lunar_eclipse

October 1995 lunar eclipse

October 1995 lunar eclipse

Penumbral lunar eclipse October 8, 1995

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

Eclipses of 1995

Lunar year series

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

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

Saros series

It was part of Saros series 117.

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

Tritos series

Tzolkinex

See also

References

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


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