April 2032 lunar eclipse

Template:Short description Template:Infobox lunar eclipse A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Sunday, April 25, 2032, with an umbral magnitude of 1.1925. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. The Moon's apparent diameter will be near the average diameter because it will occur 6.7 days after apogee (on April 18, 2032, at 23:00 UTC) and 8.1 days before perigee (on May 3, 2032, at 16:45 UTC).

This lunar eclipse is the first of a tetrad, with four total lunar eclipses in series, the others being on October 18, 2032; April 14, 2033; and October 8, 2033.

Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over east Asia, Australia, and Antarctica, seen rising over east and central Africa, eastern Europe, and west and central Asia and setting over the eastern Pacific Ocean and western North America.

File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2032Apr25.png File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2032Apr25.png

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

April 25, 2032 Lunar Eclipse Parameters

Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	2.22037
Umbral Magnitude	1.19249
Gamma	−0.35578
Sun Right Ascension	02h14m38.2s
Sun Declination	+13°30'28.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter	15'53.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.7"
Moon Right Ascension	14h14m18.6s
Moon Declination	-13°50'06.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter	15'27.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	0°56'45.4"
ΔT	75.0 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of April–May 2032

April 25 Ascending node (full moon)	May 9 Descending node (new moon)
File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2032Apr25.png	File:SE2032May09A.png
Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 122	Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 148

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2032

• A total lunar eclipse on April 25.
• An annular solar eclipse on May 9.
• A total lunar eclipse on October 18.
• A partial solar eclipse on November 3.

Metonic

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 6, 2028
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2036

Tzolkinex

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2025
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 6, 2039

Half-Saros

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2023
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2041

Tritos

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2021
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2043

Lunar Saros 122

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2014
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 6, 2050

Inex

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2003
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 2061

Triad

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 25, 1945
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 25, 2119

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 129.

April 20, 2023	April 30, 2041
File:SE2023Apr20H.png	File:SE2041Apr30T.png

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

External links

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