April 2013 lunar eclipse

Partial eclipse

From Rabka-Zdrój, Poland, 20:10 UTC

Date

25 April 2013

Gamma

−1.0121

Magnitude

0.0148

Saros cycle

112 (65 of 72)

Partiality

27 minutes

Penumbral

247 minutes, 42 seconds

Contacts (UTC)
P1	18:03:41
U1	19:54:04
Greatest	20:07:29
U4	20:21:04
P4	22:11:23

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A partial lunar eclipse took place on 25 April 2013, the first of three lunar eclipses in 2013. Only a tiny sliver (1.48%) of the Moon was covered by the Earth's umbral shadow at maximum eclipse, but the entire northern half of the Moon was darkened from being inside the penumbral shadow. This was one of the shortest partial eclipses of the Moon for the 21st century, lasting 27 minutes. This was the last of 58 umbral lunar eclipses of Lunar Saros 112.

Visibility

It was visible over Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.


Visibility map

Gallery

From Melbourne, Australia, 18:42 UTC
From Las Palmas, Canary Islands, 20:05 UTC
From Essex, England, 20:06 UTC
From Arinaga, Canary Islands, 20:07 UTC
From Foncquevillers, France, 20:08 UTC
From Belfort, France, combined images
From Thatcham, UK, 20:10 UTC
From Zürich, Switzerland, 20:12 UTC
From Düsseldorf, Germany, 20:13 UTC
From Paris, France, 20:18 UTC
From Brescia, Italy, 20:19 UTC
Time lapsed image from Ladispoli, Italy

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2013

A partial lunar eclipse on 25 April.
An annular solar eclipse on 10 May.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 25 May.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 18 October.
A hybrid solar eclipse on 3 November.

This eclipse was one of four lunar eclipses in a short-lived series at the ascending node of the Moon's orbit.

The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days, shifting back by about 10 days in consecutive years. Because of the date shift, the Earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2013–2016
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Viewing date	Type	Gamma	Saros	Viewing date	Type	Gamma
112	2013 Apr 25	Partial	−1.0121	117	2013 Oct 18	Penumbral	1.1508
122	2014 Apr 15	Total	−0.3017	127	2014 Oct 08	Total	0.3827
132	2015 Apr 04	Total	0.4460	137	2015 Sep 28	Total	−0.3296
142	2016 Mar 23	Penumbral	1.1592	147	2016 Sep 16	Penumbral	−1.0549

Last set	2013 May 25			Last set	2012 Nov 28

Next set	2017 Feb 11			Next set	2016 Aug 18

Saros series

Lunar Saros series 112, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 15 total lunar eclipses.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1490 Jun 02, lasting 100 minutes.^[1]	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

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
1905 Feb 19	1923 Mar 3	1941 Mar 13

1959 Mar 24	1977 Apr 04	1995 Apr 15

2013 Apr 25	2031 May 07	2049 May 17

2067 May 28	2085 Jun 08

Half-Saros cycle

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.