November 1994 lunar eclipse

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across southern portion of the Earth's penumbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Friday, November 18, 1994, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1994, the first was a partial lunar eclipse on Wednesday, May 25.

This event followed the total solar eclipse of November 3, 1994.

Visibility

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 1994

• An annular solar eclipse on May 10.
• A partial lunar eclipse on May 25.
• A total solar eclipse on November 3.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 18.

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1991–1994
Ascending node					Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
110	1991 Jun 27	Penumbral	−1.40641		115	1991 Dec 21	Partial	0.97094
120	1992 Jun 15	Partial	−0.62887		125	1992 Dec 9	Total	0.31438
130	1993 Jun 4	Total	0.16376		135	1993 Nov 29	Total	−0.39941
140	1994 May 25	Partial	0.89334		145	1994 Nov 18	Penumbral	−1.10479
Last set	1991 Jul 26				Last set	1991 Jan 30
Next set	1995 Apr 15				Next set	1995 Oct 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).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 152.

November 12, 1985	November 23, 2003

See also

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

References

1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

• Saros cycle 145
• 1994 Nov 18 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC