Total lunar eclipse 8 October 2014 | |
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From Lomita, California, 10:55 UTC | |
Ecliptic north up![]() The Moon passes right to left (west to east) through Earth's shadow | |
Saros (and member) | 127 (42 of 72) |
Gamma | 0.3826 |
Magnitude | 1.1659 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | 0:58:50 |
Partial | 3:19:31 |
Penumbral | 5:18:03 |
Contacts (UTC) | |
P1 | 8:15:36 |
U1 | 9:14:48 |
U2 | 10:25:09 |
Greatest | 10:54:35 |
U3 | 11:23:59 |
U4 | 12:34:19 |
P4 | 13:33:39 |
A total lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday 8 October 2014. It is the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2014, and the second in a tetrad (four total lunar eclipses in series). Other eclipses in the tetrad are those of 15 April 2014, 4 April 2015, and 28 September 2015. Occurring only 2.1 days after perigee (Perigee on 6 October 2014), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger, 1960.6 arcseconds (32 arcminutes, 40.6 arcseconds).
This is the 42nd member of Lunar Saros 127. The previous event is the September 1996 lunar eclipse. The next event is October 2032 lunar eclipse.