| Type: | partial |
| Date: | 17–18 September 2024 |
| Gamma: | -0.97920 |
| Magnitude: | 0.08491 |
| Saros Ser: | 118 |
| Saros No: | 52 of 73 |
| Partiality: | 62 minutes, 49 seconds |
| Penumbral: | 246 minutes, 22 seconds |
| P1: | 00:41:08 |
| U1: | 02:12:51 |
| Greatest: | 02:44:14 |
| U4: | 03:15:40 |
| P4: | 04:47:25 |
| Previous: | March 25, 2024 |
| Next: | March 13, 2025 |
A partial lunar eclipse will take place on Wednesday, 17–18 September 2024, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2024 and the final partial lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 118. This eclipse will take place 9 hours before perigee meaning the moon will be a supermoon with a distance of 357486 km and diameter of 33.4'[1] [2] .
It will be completely visible over western parts of Africa and Europe, South and eastern North America, all of South America and parts of Antarctica, will be seen rising over the rest of North America, and setting over the rest of Africa, Faintly over Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
It is the last partial lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 118.
A lunar eclipse will precede and follow by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 125.