April 1995 lunar eclipse

April 1995 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse
	The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
Date	April 15, 1995
Gamma	−0.9594
Magnitude	0.1114
Saros cycle	112 (64 of 72)
Partiality	73 minutes, 0 seconds
Penumbral	256 minutes, 17 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	10:09:57
U1	11:41:38
Greatest	12:18:03
U4	12:54:38
P4	14:26:14
	← November 1994 October 1995 →

A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Saturday, April 15, 1995,^[1] with an umbral magnitude of 0.1114. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when one part of the Moon is in the Earth's umbra, while the other part is in 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 1.9 days before perigee (on April 17, 1995, at 9:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.^[2]

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over northeast Asia, Australia, and the western and central Pacific Ocean, seen rising over much of Asia and setting over North America and western South America.^[3]

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.^[4]

April 15, 1995 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	1.08363
Umbral Magnitude	0.11142
Gamma	−0.95939
Sun Right Ascension	01h32m54.9s
Sun Declination	+09°42'10.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter	15'56.5"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.8"
Moon Right Ascension	13h31m50.7s
Moon Declination	-10°37'41.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter	16'23.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	1°00'10.8"
ΔT	61.0 s

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 April 1995
April 15 Ascending node (full moon)	April 29 Descending node (new moon)

Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 112	Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 138

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipses of 1995–1998

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.^[5]

The penumbral lunar eclipse on August 8, 1998 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995 to 1998
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
112	1995 Apr 15	Partial	−0.9594	117	1995 Oct 08	Penumbral	1.1179
122	1996 Apr 04	Total	−0.2534	127	1996 Sep 27	Total	0.3426
132	1997 Mar 24	Partial	0.4899	137	1997 Sep 16	Total	−0.3768
142	1998 Mar 13	Penumbral	1.1964	147	1998 Sep 06	Penumbral	−1.1058

Saros 112

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 112, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on May 20, 859 AD. It contains partial eclipses from August 3, 985 AD through March 8, 1346; total eclipses from March 18, 1364 through August 27, 1616; and a second set of partial eclipses from September 7, 1634 through April 25, 2013. The series ends at member 72 as a penumbral eclipse on July 12, 2139.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 36 at 99 minutes, 51 seconds on June 2, 1490. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.^[6]

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1490 Jun 02, lasting 99 minutes, 51 seconds.^[7]	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	859 May 20	985 Aug 03	1364 Mar 18	1436 Apr 30
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	1562 Jul 16	1616 Aug 27	2013 Apr 25	2139 Jul 12

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 54–72 occur between 1801 and 2139:
54	55	56
1814 Dec 26	1833 Jan 06	1851 Jan 17

57	58	59
1869 Jan 28	1887 Feb 08	1905 Feb 19

60	61	62
1923 Mar 03	1941 Mar 13	1959 Mar 24

63	64	65
1977 Apr 04	1995 Apr 15	2013 Apr 25

66	67	68
2031 May 07	2049 May 17	2067 May 28

69	70	71
2085 Jun 08	2103 Jun 20	2121 Jun 30

72
2139 Jul 12

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[8] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.