October 2014 lunar eclipse
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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).
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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 |
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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.