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{{Short description|Partial lunar eclipse of September 17th, 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox lunar eclipse
| type = partial
| image = File:Tlr-partial-eclipse-sep-2024-3.jpg
| caption = Maximum partiality, 2:44 UTC, from [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]
|date = September 18, 2024
| gamma = -0.9792
| magnitude = 0.0869
| saros_ser = 118
| saros_no = 52 of 73
| partiality = 62 minutes, 49 seconds
| penumbral = 246 minutes, 22 seconds
| p1 = 00:41:08
| u1 = 02:12:51
| greatest = 02:44:14
| u4 = 03:15:40
| p4 = 04:47:25
| previous = March 2024
| next = March 2025
}}

{{external media
|video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7QerKZXBAc timelapse video from Spain]
|video2 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHgOPjbaVqk video from Moscow, Russia]
}}

A partial [[lunar eclipse]] occurred at the Moon’s [[Lunar node|ascending node]] of orbit on Wednesday, September 18, 2024,<ref>{{cite web|title=September 17–18, 2024 Partial Lunar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2024-september-18|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref> with an umbral [[Magnitude of eclipse|magnitude]] of 0.0869. A lunar eclipse occurs when the [[Moon]] moves into the [[Earth's shadow]], causing the Moon to be darkened. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when one part of the Moon is in the Earth's umbra, while the other part is in the Earth's penumbra. 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. Occurring only about 7 hours before [[Apsis|perigee]] (on September 18, 2024, at 09:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger. This eclipse also occurred during a [[supermoon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=2024&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref>

This eclipse was the final partial lunar eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 118]].

== Visibility ==
The eclipse was completely visible over [[North America|North]] and [[South America]], [[west Africa]], and [[western Europe]], seen rising over western North America and the eastern [[Pacific Ocean]] and setting over [[east Africa]], [[eastern Europe]], and [[west Asia|west]] and [[central Asia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Partial Lunar Eclipse of 2024 Sep 18|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2024Sep18P.pdf|publisher=NASA|access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
|[[File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2024Sep18.png|315px]] [[File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2024Sep18.png|315px]]
|- align=center
|[[File:Visibility Lunar Eclipse 2024-09-18.png|640px]] Visibility map
|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery class="center" widths="165" heights="165">
File:Penumbra.Lunar.Eclipse.40%.jpg|33 minutes after Penumbra Phase started, [[Halifax, Canada|Halifax]], Canada, 01:14 UTC
File:Maximum Eclipse of the September 17th, 2024 lunar eclipse.jpg|From [[Halifax, Canada]], 03:00 UTC
File:Partial.lunar.eclipse.jpg|From [[Halifax, Canada]], 02:44 UTC (Maximum)
File:Endofpartially.lunareclipse.jpg|End of Partially, Halifax, Canada, 03:11 UTC
File:September 2024 Lunar Eclipse.jpg|September 2024 Lunar Eclipse from Mexicali, 02:49 UTC, [[Mexicali|Mexicali, Mexico]]
File:Lunar eclipse in Moscow, 01 (18.09.2024).jpg|Start of partial eclipse in [[Moscow]], Russia, 02:19 UTC
File:Lunar eclipse in Moscow, 04 (18.09.2024).jpg|From Moscow, 02:45 UTC
File:Lunar eclipse in Moscow, 08 (18.09.2024).jpg|Near sunrise, Moscow, 02:55 UTC
File:Partial Lunar Eclipse September 2024.jpg|From [[Dallas, Texas]]
File:Eclipse lunar del 18 septiembre de 2024 en Logroño.01.jpg|From [[Logroño]], Spain, 02:50 UTC
File:Tlr-partial-eclipse-sep-2024-1.jpg|01:46 UTC, [[Minnesota]], USA
File:Tlr-partial-eclipse-sep-2024-2.jpg|02:28 UTC, Minnesota, USA
File:Tlr-partial-eclipse-sep-2024-3.jpg|02:44 UTC (maximum), Minnesota, USA
File:Lunar Eclipse Santa Ana CA 9 17 2024.jpg|02:46 UTC, [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana, California, USA]]
File:2024 September Lunar Eclipse Ohio.jpg|02:49 UTC, [[Norwalk, Ohio]], USA
File:Tlr-partial-eclipse-sep-2024-4.jpg|03:01 UTC, Minnesota, USA
File:Tlr-partial-eclipse-sep-2024-5.jpg|03:16 UTC, Minnesota, USA
</gallery>

== Eclipse details ==
Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.<ref>{{cite web|title=Partial Lunar Eclipse of 2024 Sep 18|url=https://eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEprime/2001-2100/LE2024Sep18Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" align="{{{align|left}}}" style="margin:{{#ifeq:{{{align}}}|right|0 0 0.5em 1em|0 1em 0.5em 0}}"
|+September 18, 2024 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
! Parameter
! Value
|-
| Penumbral Magnitude
| 1.03922
|-
| Umbral Magnitude
| 0.08685
|-
| Gamma
| −0.97920
|-
| Sun Right Ascension
| 11h44m09.7s
|-
| Sun Declination
| +01°42'52.9"
|-
| Sun Semi-Diameter
| 15'55.1"
|-
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax
| 08.8"
|-
| Moon Right Ascension
| 23h46m06.1s
|-
| Moon Declination
| -02°35'26.7"
|-
| Moon Semi-Diameter
| 16'42.8"
|-
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax
| 1°01'20.4"
|-
| ΔT
| 71.5 s
|}
{{clear}}

== Eclipse season ==
{{See also|Eclipse cycle}}
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]].

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Eclipse season of September–October 2024
! September 18 Ascending node (full moon) !! [[Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024|October 2]] Descending node (new moon) 
|-
| [[File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2024Sep18.png|200px]] || [[File:SE2024Oct02A.png|200px]]
|- align=center
| [[Lunar eclipse#Types of lunar eclipse|Partial lunar eclipse]] Lunar Saros 118 || [[Total eclipse#Types|Annular solar eclipse]] Solar Saros 144
|}

== Related eclipses ==
=== Eclipses in 2024 ===
* [[March 2024 lunar eclipse|A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 25]].
* [[Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024|A total solar eclipse on April 8]].
* '''A partial lunar eclipse on September 18.'''
* [[Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024|An annular solar eclipse on October 2]].

=== Metonic ===
* Preceded by: [[November 2020 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of November 30, 2020]]
* Followed by: [[July 2028 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of July 6, 2028]]

=== Tzolkinex ===
* Preceded by: [[August 2017 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of August 7, 2017]]
* Followed by: [[October 2031 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of October 30, 2031]]

=== Half-Saros ===
* Preceded by: [[Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015]]
* Followed by: [[Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033]]

=== Tritos ===
* Preceded by: [[October 2013 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of October 18, 2013]]
* Followed by: [[August 2035 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of August 19, 2035]]

=== Lunar Saros 118 ===
* Preceded by: [[September 2006 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2006]]
* Followed by: [[September 2042 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2042]]

=== Inex ===
* Preceded by: [[October 1995 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of October 8, 1995]]
* Followed by: [[August 2053 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of August 29, 2053]]

=== Triad ===
* Preceded by: [[November 1937 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of November 18, 1937]]
* Followed by: [[July 2111 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of July 21, 2111]]

=== Lunar eclipses of 2024–2027 ===
{{Lunar eclipse set 2024-2027}}

=== Saros 118 ===
{{Lunar Saros series 118}}

=== Tritos series ===
{{Lunar Tritos series November 2002}}

=== Inex series ===
{{Lunar Inex series September 2024}}

=== Half-Saros cycle ===
A lunar eclipse will precede and follow by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a [[Saros (astronomy)#Relationship between lunar and solar saros .28sar.29|half saros]]).<ref>Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros''</ref> This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of [[Solar Saros 125]].
{| class=wikitable
![[Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015|September 13, 2015]]
![[Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033|September 23, 2033]]
|-
|[[File:SE2015Sep13P.png|240px]]
|[[File:SE2033Sep23P.png|240px]]
|}

==See also==
*[[List of lunar eclipses]] and [[List of 21st-century lunar eclipses]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hermit.org/eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=118 Saros cycle 118]
*{{LEplot2001 link|2024|Sep|18|P}}

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