bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2 | Total lunar eclipse 8 October 2014 | ||
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align=center colspan=2 | From Lomita, California, 10:55 UTC | ||
align=center colspan=2 | Ecliptic north up The Moon passes right to left (west to east) through Earth's shadow | ||
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 127 (42 of 72) | ||
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 0.3826 | ||
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 1.1659 | ||
align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2 | Duration (hr:mn:sc) | ||
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | Totality | 0:58:50 | |
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | Partial | 3:19:31 | |
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | Penumbral | 5:18:03 | |
align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2 | Contacts (UTC) | ||
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P1 | 8:15:36 | |
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U1 | 9:14:48 | |
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | U2 | 10:25:09 | |
align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0 | Greatest | 10:54:35 | |
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | U3 | 11:23:59 | |
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U4 | 12:34:19 | |
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P4 | 13:33:39 |
This is the 42nd member of Lunar Saros 127. The previous event is the September 1996 lunar eclipse. The next event is October 2032 lunar eclipse.
The eclipse was visible in its entirety over the Northern Pacific. Viewers in North America experienced the eclipse after midnight on Wednesday, 8 October, and the eclipse was visible from the Philippines, Western Pacific, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and Eastern Asia after sunset on the evening of 8 October. Many areas of North America experienced a selenelion, able to see both the sun and the eclipsed moon at the same time.[1]
The MESSENGER spacecraft from orbit at the planet Mercury which was 107 million kilometers away from Earth at the time also observed the eclipse, making it the first lunar eclipse in history to be observed from another planet.[2] [3]
See main article: Lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes within Earth's umbra (shadow). As the eclipse begins, the Earth's shadow first darkens the Moon slightly. Then, the shadow begins to "cover" part of the Moon, turning it a dark red-brown color (typically - the color can vary based on atmospheric conditions). The Moon appears to be reddish because of Rayleigh scattering (the same effect that causes sunsets to appear reddish) and the refraction of that light by the Earth's atmosphere into its umbra.[4] The following simulation shows the approximate appearance of the Moon passing through the Earth's shadow. The Moon's brightness is exaggerated within the umbral shadow. The southern portion of the Moon was closest to the center of the shadow, making it darkest, and most red in appearance.
The planet Uranus was near opposition (opposition on 7 October[5]) during the eclipse, just over 1° from the eclipsed Moon. Shining at magnitude 5.7, Uranus should have been bright enough to identify in binoculars. Due to parallax, the position of Uranus relative to the Moon varied significantly depending on the viewing position on the surface of Earth.
Time zone adjustments from UTC | +8h | +11h | +13h | -9h | -8h | -7h | -6h | -5h | -4h | -3h | ||
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AWST | AEDT | NZDT | HADT | AKDT | PDT | MDT | CDT PET | EDT BOT | ADT AMST ART | |||
Event | Evening 8 October | Evening 7 October | Morning 8 October | |||||||||
P1 | Penumbral begins | N/A† | 7:16 pm | 9:16 pm | 11:16 pm | 12:16 am | 1:16 am | 2:16 am | 3:16 am | 4:16 am | 5:16 am | |
U1 | Partial begins | N/A† | 8:15 pm | 10:15 pm | 12:15 am | 1:15 am | 2:15 am | 3:15 am | 4:15 am | 5:15 am | 6:15 am | |
U2 | Total begins | 6:25 pm | 9:25 pm | 11:25 pm | 1:25 am | 2:25 am | 3:25 am | 4:25 am | 5:25 am | 6:25 am | 7:25 am | |
Greatest eclipse | 6:55 pm | 9:55 pm | 11:55 pm | 1:55 am | 2:55 am | 3:55 am | 4:55 am | 5:55 am | 6:55 am | Set | ||
U3 | Total ends | 7:24 pm | 10:24 pm | 12:24 am | 2:24 am | 3:24 am | 4:24 am | 5:24 am | 6:24 am | Set | Set | |
U4 | Partial ends | 8:34 pm | 11:34 pm | 1:34 am | 3:34 am | 4:34 am | 5:34 am | 6:34 am | Set | Set | Set | |
P4 | Penumbral ends | 9:34 pm | 12:34 am | 2:34 am | 4:34 am | 5:34 am | 6:34 am | Set | Set | Set | Set |
† The Moon was not visible during this part of the eclipse in this time zone.
The eclipse is the one of four total lunar eclipses in a short-lived series at the descending node of the Moon's orbit.
The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations, or 354 days (shifting back about 10 days in sequential years). Because of the date shift, Earth's shadow will be about 11° west in sequential events.
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[6] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of solar saros 134.
Lunar saros series 127, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 54 umbral lunar eclipses (38 partial lunar eclipses and 16 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 134 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.
Greatest | First | |||
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The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1888 Jul 23, lasting 102 minutes. | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
1275 Jul 09 | 1473 Nov 04 | 1798 May 29 | 1834 Jun 21 | |
Last | ||||
Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
1960 Sep 05 | 2068 Nov 09 | 2429 Jun 17 | 2555 Sep 02 |