April 2005 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on April 24, 2005, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2005.

Relation to other lunar eclipses

This eclipse is the last of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, April 23-24, each separated by 19 years:
# April 23, 1948 [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot1901/LE1948Apr23P.gif] - partial (Saros series [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros111.html 111] )
# April 24, 1967 [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot1951/LE1967Apr24T.gif] - total (Saros series [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros121.html 121] )
# April 24, 1986 [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot1951/LE1986Apr24T.gif] - total (Saros series [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros116.html 131] )
# April 24, 2005 - penumbral (Saros series [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros141.html 141] )

See also

*List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st century lunar eclipses
*May 2003 lunar eclipse
*November 2003 lunar eclipse
*May 2004 lunar eclipse

External links

* [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2005Apr24N.gifNasa chart]