Total lunar eclipse April 14, 2033 | |
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Ecliptic north up The moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. | |
Saros (and member) | 132 (31 of 71) |
Gamma | 0.3954 |
Magnitude | 1.0944 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | 49:12 |
Partial | 3:35:00 |
Penumbral | 6:01:11 |
Contacts (UTC) | |
P1 | 16:13:15 |
U1 | 17:26:21 |
U2 | 18:49:15 |
Greatest | 19:13:51 |
U3 | 19:38:27 |
U4 | 21:01:21 |
P4 | 22:14:27 |
A total lunar eclipse will take place on Thursday, April 14, 2033.
Visibility
editRelated lunar eclipses
editLunar year series
editAscending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
112 | 2031 May 07 |
Penumbral |
117 | 2031 Oct 30 |
Penumbral | |
122 | 2032 Apr 25 |
Total |
127 | 2032 Oct 18 |
Total | |
132 | 2033 Apr 14 |
Total |
137 | 2033 Oct 08 |
Total | |
142 | 2034 Apr 03 |
Penumbral |
147 | 2034 Sep 28 |
Partial | |
Last set | 2031 Jun 05 | Last set | 2030 Dec 09 | |||
Next set | 2035 Feb 22 | Next set | 2035 Aug 19 |
Saros series
editLunar saros series 132, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 44 umbral lunar eclipses (32 partial lunar eclipses and 12 total lunar eclipses).
Greatest | First | |||
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The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2123 Jun 9, lasting 106 minutes.[1] |
Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
1492 May 12 |
1636 Aug 16 |
2015 Apr 4 |
2069 May 6 | |
Last | ||||
Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
2177 Jul 11 |
2213 Aug 2 |
2429 Dec 11 |
2754 Jun 26 |
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.
1907 Jan 29 | 1925 Feb 8 | 1943 Feb 20 | |||
1961 Mar 2 | 1979 Mar 13 | 1997 Mar 24 | |||
2015 Apr 4 | 2033 Apr 14 | 2051 Apr 26 | |||
2069 May 6 | 2087 May 17 | ||||
Tritos series
editThe tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.
This series produces 23 total eclipses between June 22, 1880 and August 9, 2120.
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing |
Type chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type chart | |
120 | 1902 Apr 22 |
Total |
121 | 1913 Mar 22 |
Total | |
122 | 1924 Feb 20 |
Total |
123 | 1935 Jan 19 |
Total | |
124 | 1945 Dec 19 |
Total |
125 | 1956 Nov 18 |
Total | |
126 | 1967 Oct 18 |
Total |
127 | 1978 Sep 16 |
Total | |
128 | 1989 Aug 17 |
Total |
129 | 2000 Jul 16 |
Total | |
130 | 2011 Jun 15 |
Total |
131 | 2022 May 16 |
Total | |
132 | 2033 Apr 14 |
Total |
133 | 2044 Mar 13 |
Total | |
134 | 2055 Feb 11 |
Total |
135 | 2066 Jan 11 |
Total | |
136 | 2076 Dec 10 |
Total |
137 | 2087 Nov 10 |
Total | |
138 | 2098 Oct 10 |
Total |
Half-Saros cycle
editA 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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 136.
April 8, 2024 | April 20, 2042 |
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See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 132
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
edit- 2033 Apr 14 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC