September 2024 lunar eclipse

Partial Lunar Eclipse September 18, 2024
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series	118 (52 of 74)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial	1:02:47
Penumbral	4:06:16
Contacts
P1	0:41:02 UTC
U1	2:12:48
Greatest	2:44:11
U4	3:15:35
P4	4:47:18

A partial lunar eclipse will take place on September 18, 2024.

Visibility

It will be completely visible over western parts of Africa and Europe, South and eastern North America, will be seen rising over the rest of North America, and setting over the rest of Africa and Europe.

Related eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024–2027
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type Viewing	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
113	2024 Mar 25	Penumbral	1.06098	118	2024 Sep 18	Partial	−0.97920
123	2025 Mar 14	Total	0.34846	128	2025 Sep 07	Total	−0.27521
133	2026 Mar 03	Total	−0.37651	138	2026 Aug 28	Partial	0.49644
143	2027 Feb 20	Penumbral	−1.04803	148	2027 Aug 17	Penumbral	1.27974

Last set	2023 May 05			Last set	2023 Oct 28

Next set	2028 Jan 12			Next set	2027 Jul 18

Saros series

It is part of Saros cycle 118.

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 125.