October 1985 lunar eclipse

• A total lunar eclipse on May 4.
• A partial solar eclipse on May 19.
• A total lunar eclipse on October 28.
• A total solar eclipse on November 12.

Lunar Saros series 126, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 70 lunar eclipse events including 14 total lunar eclipses. Solar Saros 133 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1228 Jul 18

First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1625 Mar 24

First Total Lunar Eclipse: 1769 Jun 19

First Central Lunar Eclipse: 1805 Jul 11

Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 126: 1859 Aug 13, lasting 106 minutes.

Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1931 Sep 26

Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2003 Nov 09

Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2346 Jun 05

Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2472 Aug 19

1901-2100

1913 Sep 15

1931 Sep 26

1949 Oct 07

1967 Oct 18

1985 Oct 28

2003 Nov 09

2021 Nov 19

2039 Nov 30

2057 Dec 11

2075 Dec 22

2094 Jan 01

This eclipse is the second of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, October 28–29, each separated by 19 years:

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

Metonic events: May 4 and October 28
Descending node	Ascending node
1966 May 4.88 - Penumbral (111) 1985 May 4.83 - Total (121) 2004 May 4.85 - Total (131) 2023 May 5.72 - Penumbral (141)	1966 Oct 29.42 - Penumbral (116) 1985 Oct 28.73 - Total (126) 2004 Oct 28.12 - Total (136) 2023 Oct 28.84 - Partial (146)

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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 133.

October 23, 1976	November 3, 1994