October 2013 lunar eclipse

October 2013 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
	From Washington, D.C., 23:53 UTC
Date	18 October 2013
Gamma	1.1508
Magnitude	0.7649
Saros cycle	117 (52 of 72)
Penumbral	239 minutes, 6 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	21:50:41
Greatest	23:50:17
P4	1:49:47 (19 October)
	← May 2013 April 2014 →

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 18–19 October 2013, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2013.

Visibility

It was visible from the Americas (for the end), Europe, Africa, and most of Asia (the beginning of the eclipse was visible in east Asia). The western part of the Philippines (including western Luzon and Palawan) could see the penumbral eclipse at moonset.


Visibility map

Photo

Kennesaw, Georgia, 0:16 UTC

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2013

A partial lunar eclipse on 25 April.
An annular solar eclipse on 10 May.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 25 May.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 18 October.
A hybrid solar eclipse on 3 November.

This eclipse is the one of four lunar eclipses in a short-lived series at the descending node of the moon's orbit.

The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days (Shifting back about 10 days in sequential years). Because of the date shift, the Earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2013–2016
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Viewing date	Type	Gamma	Saros	Viewing date	Type	Gamma
112	2013 Apr 25	Partial	−1.0121	117	2013 Oct 18	Penumbral	1.1508
122	2014 Apr 15	Total	−0.3017	127	2014 Oct 08	Total	0.3827
132	2015 Apr 04	Total	0.4460	137	2015 Sep 28	Total	−0.3296
142	2016 Mar 23	Penumbral	1.1592	147	2016 Sep 16	Penumbral	−1.0549

Last set	2013 May 25			Last set	2012 Nov 28

Next set	2017 Feb 11			Next set	2016 Aug 18

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 124.