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Penumbral eclipse | |||||||||
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Date | 11 February 2017 | ||||||||
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Gamma | −1.0254 | ||||||||
Magnitude | 0.9884 | ||||||||
Saros cycle | 114 (59 of 71) | ||||||||
Penumbral | 259 minutes, 10 seconds | ||||||||
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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place at the Moon's ascending node on 11 February 2017, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2017. It was not quite a total penumbral lunar eclipse. It occurred the same day as comet 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková made a close approach to Earth (0.08318 AU). It also occurred on the Lantern Festival, the first since 9 February 2009. Occurring only 4.4 days after perigee (Perigee on 6 February 2017), the moon's apparent diameter was larger.
It was visible from the Americas, Europe, Africa, and most of Asia.
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Lunar eclipse series sets from 2016–2020 | ||||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
Saros | Date | Type Viewing |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
109 |
2016 Aug 18![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
1.56406 | 114![]() |
2017 Feb 11![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
−1.02548 | |
119![]() |
2017 Aug 07![]() |
Partial![]() |
0.86690 | 124![]() |
2018 Jan 31![]() |
Total![]() |
−0.30143 | |
129![]() |
2018 Jul 27![]() |
Total![]() |
0.11681 | 134![]() |
2019 Jan 21![]() |
Total![]() |
0.36842 | |
139![]() |
2019 Jul 16![]() |
Partial![]() |
−0.64300 | 144![]() |
2020 Jan 10![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
1.07270 | |
149 |
2020 Jul 05![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
−1.36387 | |||||
Last set | 2016 Sep 16 | Last set | 2016 Mar 23 | |||||
Next set | 2020 Jun 05 | Next set | 2020 Nov 30 |
It is part of Saros cycle 114.
Lunar Saros series 114, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 13 total lunar eclipses.
First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 0971 May 13
First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1115 Aug 07
First Total Lunar Eclipse: 1458 Feb 28
First Central Lunar Eclipse: 1530 Apr 12
Greatest Eclipse of Lunar Saros 114: 1584 May 24
Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1638 Jun 26
Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 1674 Jul 17
Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1890 Nov 26
Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2233 Jun 22
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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 121.
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