September 2024 lunar eclipse
A partial lunar eclipse will take place on September 18, 2024.
| Partial Lunar Eclipse September 18, 2024 | |
|---|---|
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 118 (52 of 74) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | 1:02:47 |
| Penumbral | 4:06:16 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 0:41:02 UTC |
| U1 | 2:12:48 |
| Greatest | 2:44:11 |
| U4 | 3:15:35 |
| P4 | 4:47:18 |
Visibility
It will be completely visible over western parts of Africa and Europe, South and eastern North America, will be seen rising over the rest of North America, and setting over the rest of Africa and Europe.
Related eclipses
Lunar year series
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024–2027 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Date | Type Viewing |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 113 | 2024 Mar 25 |
Penumbral |
118 | 2024 Sep 18 |
Partial | |
| 123 | 2025 Mar 14 |
Total |
128 | 2025 Sep 07 |
Total | |
| 133 | 2026 Mar 03 |
Total |
138 | 2026 Aug 28 |
Partial | |
| 143 | 2027 Feb 20 |
Penumbral |
148 | 2027 Aug 17 |
Penumbral | |
| Last set | 2023 May 05 | Last set | 2023 Oct 28 | |||
| Next set | 2028 Jan 12 | Next set | 2027 Jul 18 | |||
Saros series
It is part of Saros cycle 118.
Half-Saros cycle
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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 125.
| September 13, 2015 | September 23, 2033 |
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
References
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- Saros cycle 118
- 2024 Sep 18 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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