October 1985 lunar eclipse
| Total Lunar Eclipse October 28, 1985 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 126 (44 of 72) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | |
| Partial | |
| Penumbral | |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | UTC |
| U1 | |
| U2 | |
| Greatest | |
| U3 | |
| U4 | |
| P4 | |
A total lunar eclipse took place on October 28, 1985.[1]
Visibility
Related eclipses
Lunar year series
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 111 | 1984 May 15 |
Penumbral |
116 | 1984 Nov 08 |
Penumbral | |
| 121 | 1985 May 04 |
Total |
126 | 1985 Oct 28 |
Total | |
| 131 | 1986 Apr 24 |
Total |
136 | 1986 Oct 17 |
Total | |
| 141 | 1987 Apr 14 |
Penumbral |
146 | 1987 Oct 07 |
Penumbral | |
| Last set | 1984 Jun 13 | Last set | 1983 Dec 20 | |||
| Next set | 1988 Mar 03 | Next set | 1988 Aug 27 | |||
Metonic series
This eclipse is the second of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, October 28–29, each separated by 19 years:
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 in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.
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See also
Notes
External links
- 1985 Oct 28 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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