April 2033 lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse
April 14, 2033
Ecliptic north up

The moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow.
Saros (and member) 132 (31 of 71)
Gamma 0.3954
Magnitude 1.0944
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 49:12
Partial 3:35:00
Penumbral 6:01:11
Contacts (UTC)
P1 16:13:15
U1 17:26:21
U2 18:49:15
Greatest 19:13:51
U3 19:38:27
U4 21:01:21
P4 22:14:27

A total lunar eclipse will take place on Thursday, April 14, 2033.

Visibility

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Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 2031-2034
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
112 2031 May 07
Penumbral
117 2031 Oct 30
Penumbral
122 2032 Apr 25
Total
127 2032 Oct 18
Total
132 2033 Apr 14
Total
137 2033 Oct 08
Total
142 2034 Apr 03
Penumbral
147 2034 Sep 28
Partial
Last set 2031 Jun 05 Last set 2030 Dec 09
Next set 2035 Feb 22 Next set 2035 Aug 19

Saros series

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Lunar saros series 132, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 44 umbral lunar eclipses (32 partial lunar eclipses and 12 total lunar eclipses).

Greatest First

The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2123 Jun 9, lasting 106 minutes.[1]
Penumbral Partial Total Central
1492 May 12
1636 Aug 16
2015 Apr 4
2069 May 6
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
2177 Jul 11
2213 Aug 2
2429 Dec 11
2754 Jun 26

There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on earth.

1901–2100
1907 Jan 29 1925 Feb 8 1943 Feb 20
1961 Mar 2 1979 Mar 13 1997 Mar 24
2015 Apr 4 2033 Apr 14 2051 Apr 26
2069 May 6 2087 May 17

Tritos series

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The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.

This series produces 23 total eclipses between June 22, 1880 and August 9, 2120.

Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2100)
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
chart
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
chart
120 1902 Apr 22
Total
121 1913 Mar 22
Total
122 1924 Feb 20
Total
123 1935 Jan 19
Total
124 1945 Dec 19
Total
125 1956 Nov 18
Total
126 1967 Oct 18
Total
127 1978 Sep 16
Total
128 1989 Aug 17
Total
129 2000 Jul 16
Total
130 2011 Jun 15
Total
131 2022 May 16
Total
132 2033 Apr 14
Total
133 2044 Mar 13
Total
134 2055 Feb 11
Total
135 2066 Jan 11
Total
136 2076 Dec 10
Total
137 2087 Nov 10
Total
138 2098 Oct 10
Total

Half-Saros cycle

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A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 136.

April 8, 2024 April 20, 2042

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 132
  2. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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