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Penumbral Lunar Eclipse February 11, 2017 | |
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From Rabka-Zdrój, Poland, 0:51 UTC | |
The moon passes west to east through the earth's southern penumbral shadow. | |
Series (and member) | 114 (59 of 71) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Penumbral | 4:19:10 |
Contacts (UTC) | |
P1 | 22:34:16 (Feb 10) |
Greatest | 0:45:03 |
P4 | 2:53:26 |
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on February 11, 2017, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2017. It was not quite a total penumbral lunar eclipse. It occurred the same day as comet 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková made a close approach to Earth (0.08318 AU). It also occurred on the Lantern Festival, the first since February 9, 2009.
Visibility
It was visible from the Americas, Europe, Africa, and most of Asia.
View of earth from moon during greatest eclipse |
Visibility map |
Gallery
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Time lapse images from Melbourne, Florida
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Kissimmee, Florida, 0:00 UTC
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Tampa, Florida, 0:11 UTC
Related eclipses
Lunar year series
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2016–2020 | ||||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
Saros | Date | Type Viewing |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
109 | 2016 Aug 18 |
Penumbral |
1.56406 | 114 |
2017 Feb 11 |
Penumbral |
−1.02548 | |
119 |
2017 Aug 07 |
Partial |
0.86690 | 124 |
2018 Jan 31 |
Total |
−0.30143 | |
129 |
2018 Jul 27 |
Total |
0.11681 | 134 |
2019 Jan 21 |
Total |
0.36842 | |
139 |
2019 Jul 16 |
Partial |
−0.64300 | 144 |
2020 Jan 10 |
Penumbral |
1.07270 | |
149 | 2020 Jul 05 |
Penumbral |
−1.36387 | |||||
Last set | 2016 Sep 16 | Last set | 2016 Mar 23 | |||||
Next set | 2020 Jun 05 | Next set | 2020 Nov 30 |
Saros series
It is part of Saros cycle 114.
See also
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lunar eclipse of 2017 February 11.
- 2017 Feb 11 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- 11 Feb 2017 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
- Pakistan to witness lunar eclipse on February 11