October 2013 lunar eclipse

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
October 18–19, 2013

Greatest Eclipse at 23:52 UTC

The moon perceptibly dimmed as the moon passed through the Earth's northern penumbral shadow
Series (and member) 117 (52 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral 4:03:49
Contacts
P1 21:48:16 UTC
Greatest 23:50:14 UTC
P4 1:52:05 UTC

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on October 18–19, 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.

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Related eclipses

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.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2013–2016
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Viewing
date		 Type Saros Viewing
date		 Type
112
 2013 Apr 25
 Partial
 117 2013 Oct 18
 Penumbral
122
 2014 Apr 15
 Total
 127
 2014 Oct 08
 Total
132
 2015 Apr 04
 Total
 137
 2015 Sep 28
 Total
142 2016 Mar 23
 Penumbral
 147 2016 Sep 16
 Penumbral
Last set 2013 May 25 Last set 2012 Nov 28
Next set 2017 Feb 11 Next set 2016 Aug 18

See also

References

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