October 1986 lunar eclipse
Total Lunar Eclipse October 17, 1986 | |
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(No photo) | |
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
Series | 136 (18 of 72) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | |
Partial | |
Penumbral | |
Contacts | |
P1 | UTC |
U1 | |
U2 | |
Greatest | |
U3 | |
U4 | |
P4 | |
The eclipse occurs in Capricornus |
A total lunar eclipse took place on October 17, 1986.[1]
Visibility
Related eclipses
Lunar year series
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
111 | 1984 May 15 |
Penumbral |
116 | 1984 Nov 08 |
Penumbral | |
121 | 1985 May 04 |
Total |
126 | 1985 Oct 28 |
Total | |
131 | 1986 Apr 24 |
Total |
136 | 1986 Oct 17 |
Total | |
141 | 1987 Apr 14 |
Penumbral |
146 | 1987 Oct 07 |
Penumbral | |
Last set | 1984 Jun 13 | Last set | 1983 Dec 20 | |||
Next set | 1988 Mar 03 | Next set | 1988 Aug 27 |
Metonic series
This eclipse is the third of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, October 17–18, 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.
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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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 | |
See also
Notes
External links
- 1986 Oct 17 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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