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Partial lunar eclipse

Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:03 PM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Monday, Oct 17
Type
Partial lunar eclipse
Obscuration
3%
Partial duration
58 min
Local circumstances
Phase times in your local time, plus where to look in the sky from Palo Alto, California.
PhaseUTCLocal timeMoon altitudeDirection
P1 — Penumbral begins09:53:0002:53:0049.8°SW
U1 — Partial begins11:34:1204:34:1232.3°WSW
MAX — Greatest eclipse12:03:1705:03:1726.9°W
U2 — Partial ends12:32:2205:32:2221.4°W
P2 — Penumbral ends14:13:3307:13:332.5°W
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros earlier
Penumbral lunar eclipse
October 6, 1987
1 Saros later
Partial lunar eclipse
October 28, 2023