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Partial lunar eclipse of September 18, 2024 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A partial lunar eclipse will take place on Wednesday, 17–18 September 2024, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2024 and the final partial lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 118. This eclipse will take place 9 hours before perigee meaning the moon will be a supermoon with a distance of 357486 km and diameter of 33.4'.[1][2]
Partial eclipse | |||||||||||||
Date | 17–18 September 2024 | ||||||||||||
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Gamma | −0.97920 | ||||||||||||
Magnitude | 0.08491 | ||||||||||||
Saros cycle | 118 (52 of 73) | ||||||||||||
Partiality | 62 minutes, 49 seconds | ||||||||||||
Penumbral | 246 minutes, 22 seconds | ||||||||||||
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It will be completely visible over western parts of Africa and Europe, South and eastern North America, all of South America and parts of Antarctica, will be seen rising over the rest of North America, and setting over the rest of Africa, Faintly over Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Partial Lunar Eclipse. |
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024–2027 | ||||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
Saros | Date | Type Viewing |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
113 | 2024 Mar 25 |
Penumbral |
1.06098 | 118 | 2024 Sep 18 |
Partial |
−0.97920 | |
123 | 2025 Mar 14 |
Total |
0.34846 | 128 | 2025 Sep 07 |
Total |
−0.27521 | |
133 | 2026 Mar 03 |
Total |
−0.37651 | 138 | 2026 Aug 28 |
Partial |
0.49644 | |
143 | 2027 Feb 20 |
Penumbral |
−1.04803 | 148 | 2027 Aug 17 |
Penumbral |
1.27974 | |
Last set | 2023 May 05 | Last set | 2023 Oct 28 | |||||
Next set | 2028 Jan 12 | Next set | 2027 Jul 18 |
It is the last partial lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 118.
A lunar eclipse will precede and follow by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 125.
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