en April 2032 lunar eclipse

April 2032 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
	The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
Date	April 25, 2032
Gamma	−0.3558
Magnitude	1.1925
Saros cycle	122 (57 of 75)
Totality	65 minutes, 32 seconds
Partiality	211 minutes, 11 seconds
Penumbral	342 minutes, 26 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	12:22:16
U1	13:27:58
U2	14:40:47
Greatest	15:14:51
U3	15:46:19
U4	16:59:09
P4	18:04:42
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A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Sunday, April 25, 2032,^[1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.1925. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. 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. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. The Moon's apparent diameter will be near the average diameter because it will occur 6.7 days after apogee (on April 18, 2032, at 23:00 UTC) and 8.1 days before perigee (on May 3, 2032, at 16:45 UTC).^[2]

This lunar eclipse is the first of a tetrad, with four total lunar eclipses in series, the others being on October 18, 2032; April 14, 2033; and October 8, 2033.

Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over east Asia, Australia, and Antarctica, seen rising over east and central Africa, eastern Europe, and west and central Asia and setting over the eastern Pacific Ocean and western North 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 25, 2032 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	2.22037
Umbral Magnitude	1.19249
Gamma	−0.35578
Sun Right Ascension	02h14m38.2s
Sun Declination	+13°30'28.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter	15'53.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.7"
Moon Right Ascension	14h14m18.6s
Moon Declination	-13°50'06.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter	15'27.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	0°56'45.4"
ΔT	75.0 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–May 2032
April 25 Ascending node (full moon)	May 9 Descending node (new moon)

Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 122	Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 148

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2032

Lunar eclipses of 2031–2034

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2031-2034
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
Ascending node			Descending node
112	2031 May 07	Penumbral	117	2031 Oct 30	Penumbral
122	2032 Apr 25	Total	127	2032 Oct 18	Total
132	2033 Apr 14	Total	137	2033 Oct 08	Total
142	2034 Apr 03	Penumbral	147	2034 Sep 28	Partial

Last set	2031 Jun 05		Last set	2030 Dec 09

Next set	2035 Feb 22		Next set	2035 Aug 19

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed 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 129.