May 1994 lunar eclipse
Partial Lunar Eclipse May 25, 1994 | |
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(No photo) | |
![]() The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
Series | 140 (24 of 80) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Partial | |
Penumbral | |
Contacts | |
P1 | UTC |
U1 | |
Greatest | |
U4 | |
P4 |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, May 25, 1994, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1994, the second being with a penumbral lunar eclipse on Friday, November 18.
Visibility
[edit]Related eclipses
[edit]Eclipses of 1994
[edit]- An annular solar eclipse on May 10.
- A partial lunar eclipse on May 25.
- A total solar eclipse on November 3.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 18.
Lunar year series
[edit]Lunar eclipse series sets from 1991–1994 | ||||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | |
110 | 1991 Jun 27![]() | Penumbral![]() | −1.40641 | 115 | 1991 Dec 21![]() | Partial![]() | 0.97094 | |
120 | 1992 Jun 15![]() | Partial![]() | −0.62887 | 125 | 1992 Dec 9![]() | Total![]() | 0.31438 | |
130 | 1993 Jun 4![]() | Total![]() | 0.16376 | 135 | 1993 Nov 29![]() | Total![]() | −0.39941 | |
140 | 1994 May 25![]() | Partial![]() | 0.89334 | 145 | 1994 Nov 18![]() | Penumbral![]() | −1.10479 | |
Last set | 1991 Jul 26 | Last set | 1991 Jan 30 | |||||
Next set | 1995 Apr 15 | Next set | 1995 Oct 08 |
Half-Saros cycle
[edit]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 solar eclipses of Solar Saros 147.
May 19, 1985 | May 31, 2003 |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
[edit]- Saros cycle 140
- 1994 May 25 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC