April 1995 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, April 15, 1995, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1995, the second being with a penumbral lunar eclipse on Sunday, October 8.

The Moon passes west to east (right to left) across the southern edge of the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.

Visibility

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It was completely visible over eastern Asia, Australia, Pacific and western North America, seen rising over eastern Asia, and setting over western North America.

 

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Eclipses of 1995

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Lunar year series

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This is the first of four lunar year eclipses at the ascending node of the Moon's orbit.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995–1998
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros
Photo
Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma Saros
Photo
Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
112 1995 Apr 15
 
Partial
 
−0.95939 117 1995 Oct 08
 
Penumbral
 
1.11794
122
 
1996 Apr 04
 
Total
 
−0.25339 127
1996 Sep 27
 
Total
 
0.34264
132
 
1997 Mar 24
 
Partial
 
0.48990 137 1997 Sep 16
 
Total
 
−0.37684
142 1998 Mar 13
 
Penumbral
 
1.19644 147 1998 Sep 06
 
Penumbral
 
−1.10579
Last set 1994 May 25 Last set 1994 Nov 18
Next set 1999 Jan 31 Next set 1998 Aug 08

Saros series

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Lunar Saros series 112, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 15 total lunar eclipses.

Greatest First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1490 Jun 02, lasting 100 minutes.[1] Penumbral Partial Total Central
859 May 20 985 Aug 03 1364 Mar 18 1436 Apr 30
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
1562 Jul 16 1616 Aug 27 2013 Apr 25
 
2139 Jul 12

There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on Earth.

1901–2100
1905 Feb 19 1923 Mar 3 1941 Mar 13
           
1959 Mar 24 1977 Apr 04 1995 Apr 15
           
2013 Apr 25 2031 May 07 2049 May 17
           
2067 May 28 2085 Jun 08
   

Half-Saros cycle

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A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.

April 9, 1986 April 19, 2004
   

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 112
  2. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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