October 2005 lunar eclipse

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A partial lunar eclipse took place on October 17, 2005, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2005. [1]

[edit] Relation to other lunar eclipses

This eclipse is the last of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, October 17-18, each separated by 19 years:

1. October 18, 1948 [2] - partial (Saros series 116)
2. October 18, 1967 [3] - total (Saros series 126)
3. October 17, 1986 [4] - total (Saros series 136)
4. October 17, 2005 - penumbral (Saros series 146)

The moon's path through the earth's shadow near its ascending node progresses northward through each sequential eclipse. The second and third are total eclipses.

[edit] 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

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