October 2005 lunar eclipse

Partial lunar eclipse 17 October 2005
From Taipei, Taiwan, 12:04 UTC
The Moon's path through the southern edge of the Earth's umbral shadow
Series (and member)	146 (10 of 72)
Gamma	0.9796
Magnitude	0.0625
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial	55:58
Penumbral	4:19:49
Contacts (UTC)
P1	9:53:27
U1	11:35:18
Greatest	12:03:22
U4	12:31:16
P4	14:13:16
The Moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Pisces.

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Monday 17 October 2005, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2005. A tiny bite out of the Moon may have been visible at maximum, though just 6.25% of the Moon was shadowed in a partial eclipse which lasted for nearly 56 minutes and was visible over east Asia, Australasia, and most of the North America. A shading across the Moon from the Earth's penumbral shadow should have been visible at maximum eclipse.

Visibility

The eclipse was visible from Southeast Asia, the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand after sunset, and in the western side of North America before sunrise.

A simulated view of the Earth from the center of the Moon at maximum eclipse.

Map

Gallery

Akita City, Japan, 12:21 UTC

Relation to other eclipses

Eclipse season

This is the second eclipse this season.

First eclipse this season: 3 October 2005 Annular Solar Eclipse

Eclipses of 2005

Lunar year series

It is the last of four lunar year cycles, repeating every 354 days.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2002–2005
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros Photo	Date View	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros Photo	Date View	Type Chart	Gamma
111	2002 May 26	penumbral	1.1759	116	2002 Nov 20	penumbral	−1.1127
121	2003 May 16	total	0.4123	126	2003 Nov 09	total	−0.4319
131	2004 May 04	total	−0.3132	136	2004 Oct 28	total	0.2846
141	2005 Apr 24	penumbral	−1.0885	146	2005 Oct 17	partial	0.9796

Last set	2002 Jun 24			Last set	2001 Dec 30

Next set	2006 Mar 14			Next set	2006 Sep 07

Metonic series

This eclipse is the last of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, 17–18 October, each separated by 19 years:

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

Metonic lunar eclipse sets 1948–2005
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type	Saros	Date	Type
111	1948 Apr 23	Partial	116	1948 Oct 18	Penumbral

121	1967 Apr 24	Total	126	1967 Oct 18	Total

131	1986 Apr 24	Total	136	1986 Oct 17	Total

141	2005 Apr 24	Penumbral	146	2005 Oct 17	Partial

Half-Saros cycle

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 153.