A penumbral

lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ...

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

Visibility

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 1995

* A partial lunar eclipse on April 15. * An annular solar eclipse on April 29. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 8. * A total solar eclipse on October 24.

Lunar year series

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

Saros series

It was part of Saros series 117.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros'' This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of

Solar Saros 124 Saros cycle series 124 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node. This solar saros is linked to Lunar Sa ...

Tritos series

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of November 8, 1984 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2006

Tzolkinex

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of August 27, 1988 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of November 20, 2002

References

External links

Saros cycle 117
* 1995-10 1995 in science October 1995 events {{lunar-eclipse-stub