November 1984 lunar eclipse

Penumbral lunar eclipse November 8, 1984

Penumbral eclipse

The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left

Date

November 8, 1984

Gamma

−1.0900

Magnitude

−0.1825

Saros cycle

116 (56 of 73)

Penumbral

268 minutes, 23 seconds

Contacts (UTC)
P1	15:41:04
Greatest	17:55:14
P4	20:09:27

← June 1984 May 1985 →

A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, November 8, 1984, with an umbral magnitude of −0.1825. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra. 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. Occurring about 3.8 days after apogee (on November 4, 1984, at 22:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over eastern Europe, northeast Africa, Asia, and western Australia, seen rising over western Europe and west and central Africa and setting over eastern Australia, northwestern North America, and the central Pacific Ocean.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

November 8, 1984 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	0.89929
Umbral Magnitude	−0.18247
Gamma	−1.08998
Sun Right Ascension	14h56m10.9s
Sun Declination	-16°46'34.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter	16'08.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.9"
Moon Right Ascension	02h57m45.0s
Moon Declination	+15°51'17.9"
Moon Semi-Diameter	14'55.7"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	0°54'47.1"
ΔT	54.2 s

Eclipse season

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipses of 1984–1987

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

The penumbral lunar eclipse on June 13, 1984 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1984 to 1987
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
111	1984 May 15	Penumbral	1.1131	116	1984 Nov 08	Penumbral	−1.0900
121	1985 May 04	Total	0.3520	126	1985 Oct 28	Total	−0.4022
131	1986 Apr 24	Total	−0.3683	136	1986 Oct 17	Total	0.3189
141	1987 Apr 14	Penumbral	−1.1364	146	1987 Oct 07	Penumbral	1.0189

Metonic series

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will be in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

1984 May 15.19 - penumbral (111) 2003 May 16.15 - total (121) 2022 May 16.17 - total (131) 2041 May 16.03 - penumbral (141)	1984 Nov 08.75 - penumbral (116) 2003 Nov 09.05 - total (126) 2022 Nov 08.46 - total (136) 2041 Nov 08.19 - partial (146) 2060 Nov 08.17 - penumbral (156)

Saros 116

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 116, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on March 11, 993 AD. It contains partial eclipses from June 16, 1155 through September 11, 1299; total eclipses from September 21, 1317 through July 11, 1786; and a second set of partial eclipses from July 22, 1804 through October 7, 1930. The series ends at member 73 as a penumbral eclipse on May 14, 2291.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 40 at 102 minutes, 40 seconds on May 16, 1696. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1696 May 16, lasting 102 minutes, 40 seconds.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	993 Mar 11	1155 Jun 16	1317 Sep 21	1588 Mar 13
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	1750 Jun 19	1786 Jul 11	1930 Oct 07	2291 May 14

Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

Series members 46–67 occur between 1801 and 2200:
46	47	48
1804 Jul 22	1822 Aug 03	1840 Aug 13

49	50	51
1858 Aug 24	1876 Sep 03	1894 Sep 15

52	53	54
1912 Sep 26	1930 Oct 07	1948 Oct 18

55	56	57
1966 Oct 29	1984 Nov 08	2002 Nov 20

58	59	60
2020 Nov 30	2038 Dec 11	2056 Dec 22

61	62	63
2075 Jan 02	2093 Jan 12	2111 Jan 25

64	65	66
2129 Feb 04	2147 Feb 15	2165 Feb 26

67
2183 Mar 09

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 123.