April 2005 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on April 24, 2005, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2005. At maximum eclipse, 87% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth, which caused a slight shadow gradient across its disc; this subtle effect may have been visible to careful observers. No part of the Moon was in complete shadow. The eclipse lasted 4 hours and 6 minutes overall, and was visible from east Asia, Australia, and the Americas.
The tables below contain detailed predictions and additional information on the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 24 April 2005..
Eclipse Characteristics.
Penumbral Magnitude: 0.86507
Umbral Magnitude: -0.14351
Gamma: -1.08851
Saros Series: 141st (23 of 72)
Opposition Times.
Greatest Eclipse: 24 Apr 2005 09:54:49.7 UTC (09:55:54.4 TD)
Ecliptic Opposition: 24 Apr 2005 10:06:28.6 UTC (10:07:33.3 TD)
Equatorial Opposition: 24 Apr 2005 10:51:14.6 UTC (10:52:19.3 TD)
Geocentric Coordinates of Sun and Moon.
Sun right ascension: 2.14
Sun declination: 13
Sun diameter: 1908.2 arcseconds
Moon right ascension: 14.11
Moon declination: -13.9
Moon diameter: 1892.0 arcseconds
Earth's shadow right ascension: 14.14
Earth's shadow declination: -13
Geocentric Libration of Moon.
Latitude: 5.2 degrees south
Longitude: 1.4 degrees east
Direction: 18.3 (NNE)
Member.
This is the 23rd member of Lunar Saros 141. The previous event was the April 1987 lunar eclipse. The next event is the May 2023 lunar eclipse.
Related eclipses.
Lunar eclipse 2002-2005.
It is the last of four lunar year cycles, repeating every 354 days.
Saros series.
Lunar Saros 141, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 26 total lunar eclipses.
First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1608 Aug 25
First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2041 May 16
First Total Lunar Eclipse: 2167 Aug 01
First Central Lunar Eclipse: 2221 Sep 02
Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 141: 2293 Oct 16
Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 2546 Mar 18
Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2618 May 01
Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2744 Jul 16
Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2888 Oct 11
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March 1915 lunar eclipse
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April 1969 lunar eclipse
April 1987 lunar eclipse
April 2005 lunar eclipse
May 2023 lunar eclipse
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June 2077 lunar eclipse
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Metonic series.
This eclipse is the last of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, April 23–24, each separated by 19 years:
Half-Saros cycle.
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 148.