April 2005 lunar eclipse

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox lunar eclipse A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Sunday, April 24, 2005,[1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.1417. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into 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 about 4.9 days before perigee (on April 29, 2005, at 6:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.[2]

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible much of western North America, the Pacific Ocean, and eastern Australia, seen rising over Australia and east Asia and setting over eastern North America and South America.[3]

File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2005Apr24.png File:Lunar eclipse chart close-05apr24.png
Hourly motion shown right to left 		File:Lunar eclipse chart-05apr24.png
The Moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Virgo.
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Visibility map

Images

File:2005-04-24 Lunar Eclipse Sketch.png
NASA chart of the eclipse

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[4]

April 24, 2005 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Penumbral Magnitude 0.86693
Umbral Magnitude −0.14165
Gamma −1.08851
Sun Right Ascension 02h08m13.9s
Sun Declination +12°57'36.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'54.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7"
Moon Right Ascension 14h06m23.1s
Moon Declination -13°54'32.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'46.0"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'51.7"
ΔT 64.7 s

Eclipse season

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Eclipse season of April 2005
April 8
Ascending node (new moon)
 April 24
Descending node (full moon)
File:SE2005Apr08H.png File:Lunar eclipse chart close-05apr24.png
Hybrid solar eclipse
Solar Saros 129		 Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 141

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2005

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Lunar Saros 141

Inex

Triad

Lunar eclipses of 2002–2005

Template:Lunar eclipse set 2002-2005

Metonic series

Template:Metonic lunar eclipse 1948-2005

Saros 141

Template:Lunar Saros series 141

Tritos series

Template:Lunar Tritos series April 2005

Inex series

Template:Lunar Inex series April 2005

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[5] This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 148.

April 17, 1996 April 29, 2014
File:SE1996Apr17P.png File:SE2014Apr29A.png

See also

References

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  5. ↑ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links

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