| Partial Lunar Eclipse May 25, 1994 | |
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| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 140 (24 of 80) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | |
| Penumbral | |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | UTC |
| U1 | |
| Greatest | |
| U4 | |
| P4 | |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, May 25, 1994, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1994, the second being with a penumbral lunar eclipse on Friday, November 18.
Visibility edit
Related eclipses edit
Eclipses of 1994 edit
- An annular solar eclipse on May 10.
- A partial lunar eclipse on May 25.
- A total solar eclipse on November 3.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 18.
Lunar year series edit
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 1991–1994 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
| 110 | 1991 Jun 27
|
Penumbral
|
−1.40641 | 115 | 1991 Dec 21
|
Partial
|
0.97094 | |
| 120 | 1992 Jun 15
|
Partial
|
−0.62887 | 125 |
1992 Dec 9
|
Total
|
0.31438 | |
| 130 | 1993 Jun 4
|
Total
|
0.16376 | 135 |
1993 Nov 29
|
Total
|
−0.39941 | |
| 140 | 1994 May 25
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Partial
|
0.89334 | 145 | 1994 Nov 18
|
Penumbral
|
−1.10479 | |
| Last set | 1991 Jul 26 | Last set | 1991 Jan 30 | |||||
| Next set | 1995 Apr 15 | Next set | 1995 Oct 08 | |||||
Half-Saros cycle edit
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 147.
| May 19, 1985 | May 31, 2003 |
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links edit
- Saros cycle 140
- 1994 May 25 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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