October 1995 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse 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.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995–1998
Ascending node					Descending node
Saros Photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma		Saros Photo	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
112	1995 Apr 15	Partial	−0.95939		117	1995 Oct 08	Penumbral	1.11794
122	1996 Apr 04	Total	−0.25339		127	1996 Sep 27	Total	0.34264
132	1997 Mar 24	Partial	0.48990		137	1997 Sep 16	Total	−0.37684
142	1998 Mar 13	Penumbral	1.19644		147	1998 Sep 06	Penumbral	−1.10579
Last set	1994 May 25				Last set	1994 Nov 18
Next set	1999 Jan 31				Next set	1998 Aug 08

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). This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 124.

October 3, 1986	October 14, 2004

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

See also

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

External links

• Saros cycle 117
• 1995 Oct 08 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC