September 2024 lunar eclipse

September 2024 lunar eclipse

Partial eclipse
Maximum partiality, 2:44 UTC, from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date	September 18, 2024
Gamma	−0.9792
Magnitude	0.0869
Saros cycle	118 (52 of 73)
Partiality	62 minutes, 49 seconds
Penumbral	246 minutes, 22 seconds
Contacts (UTC) P1 00:41:08 U1 02:12:51 Greatest 02:44:14 U4 03:15:40 P4 04:47:25
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External videos
Partial lunar eclipse on 17/18 September 2024: timelapse video from Spain

A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, September 18, 2024,^[1] with an umbral magnitude of 0.0869. 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 only about 7 hours before perigee (on September 18, 2024, at 9:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger. This eclipse also occurred during a supermoon.^[2]

This eclipse was the final partial lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 118.

The eclipse was completely visible over North and South America, west Africa, and western Europe, seen rising over western North America and the eastern Pacific Ocean and setting over east Africa, eastern Europe, and west and central Asia.^[3]

Visibility map

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  33 minutes after Penumbra Phase started, Halifax, Canada, 01:14 UTC
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  From Halifax, Canada, (Maximum) 02:44 UTC
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  From Halifax, Canada, 02:41 UTC
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  End of Partially, Halifax, Canada, 03:11 UTC
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  September 2024 Lunar Eclipse from Mexicali, 2:49 UTC, Mexicali, Mexico
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  Start of partial eclipse in Moscow, Russia, 02:19 UTC
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  From Moscow, 02:45 UTC
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  Near sunrise, Moscow, 02:55 UTC
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  From Dallas, Texas
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  From Logroño, Spain, 02:50 UTC
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  1:46 UTC, Minnesota, USA
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  2:28 UTC, Minnesota, USA
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  2:44 UTC (maximum), Minnesota, USA
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  02:46 UTC, Santa Ana, California, USA
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  2:49 UTC, Norwalk Ohio, USA
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  3:01 UTC, Minnesota, USA
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  3:16 UTC, Minnesota, USA

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

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 September–October 2024

September 18 Ascending node (full moon)	October 2 Descending node (new moon)
Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 118	Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 144

• A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 25.
• A total solar eclipse on April 8.
• A partial lunar eclipse on September 18.
• An annular solar eclipse on October 2.

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 30, 2020
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 6, 2028

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 7, 2017
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 30, 2031

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 18, 2013
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 19, 2035

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2006
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2042

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 8, 1995
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 29, 2053

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 1937
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 21, 2111

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

It is the last partial lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 118.

A lunar eclipse will precede and follow by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[5] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 125.

September 13, 2015	September 23, 2033

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

• Saros cycle 118
• 2024 Sep 18 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC