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April 2034 lunar eclipse

Penumbral eclipse
The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
Date	April 3, 2034
Gamma	1.1144
Magnitude	−0.2263
Saros cycle	142 (19 of 74)
Penumbral	265 minutes, 25 seconds
Contacts (UTC) P1 16:52:54 Greatest 19:06:59 P4 21:18:19
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A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, April 3, 2034, with an umbral magnitude of −0.2263. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. Occurring about 2.2 days before apogee (on April 5, 2034, at 23:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.

Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over east Africa, eastern Europe, Asia, and western Australia, seen rising over west Africa, western Europe, and eastern South America and setting over eastern Australia and northeast Asia.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of March–April 2034

March 20 Descending node (new moon)	April 3 Ascending node (full moon)
Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 130	Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 142

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2034

• A total solar eclipse on March 20.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 3.
• An annular solar eclipse on September 12.
• A partial lunar eclipse on September 28.

Metonic

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 2030
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 21, 2038

Tzolkinex

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 2027
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2041

Half-Saros

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 2043

Tritos

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 5, 2023
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 2045

Lunar Saros 142

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 2016
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 14, 2052

Inex

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 24, 2005
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2063

Triad

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 3, 1947
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 2, 2121

Lunar eclipses of 2031–2034

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

The penumbral lunar eclipse on June 5, 2031 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2031 to 2034
Ascending node					Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
112	2031 May 07	Penumbral	−1.0694		117	2031 Oct 30	Penumbral	1.1774
122	2032 Apr 25	Total	−0.3558		127	2032 Oct 18	Total	0.4169
132	2033 Apr 14	Total	0.3954		137	2033 Oct 08	Total	−0.2889
142	2034 Apr 03	Penumbral	1.1144		147	2034 Sep 28	Partial	−1.0110

Saros 142

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on September 19, 1709. It contains partial eclipses from May 5, 2088 through July 10, 2196; total eclipses from July 22, 2214 through April 21, 2665; and a second set of partial eclipses from May 3, 2683 through July 29, 2827. The series ends at member 73 as a penumbral eclipse on November 17, 3007.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 34 at 103 minutes, 54 seconds on September 15, 2304. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.

Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

Series members 7–28 occur between 1801 and 2200:
7		8		9
1817 Nov 23		1835 Dec 05		1853 Dec 15
10		11		12
1871 Dec 26		1890 Jan 06		1908 Jan 18
13		14		15
1926 Jan 28		1944 Feb 09		1962 Feb 19
16		17		18
1980 Mar 01		1998 Mar 13		2016 Mar 23
19		20		21
2034 Apr 03		2052 Apr 14		2070 Apr 25
22		23		24
2088 May 05		2106 May 17		2124 May 28
25		26		27
2142 Jun 08		2160 Jun 18		2178 Jun 30
28
2196 Jul 10

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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 149.

March 29, 2025	April 9, 2043

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

Notes

1. "April 3–4, 2034 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
2. "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
3. "Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 2034 Apr 03" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
4. "Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 2034 Apr 03". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
5. van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
6. "NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 142". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
7. Listing of Eclipses of series 142
8. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links

• 2034 Apr 03 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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