September_2024_lunar_eclipse Knowpia

September 2024 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse
Date	18 September 2024
Gamma	−0.97920
Magnitude	0.08491
Saros cycle	118 (52 of 73)
Partiality	62 minutes, 49 seconds
Penumbral	246 minutes, 22 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	00:41:08
U1	02:12:51
Greatest	02:44:14
U4	03:15:40
P4	04:47:25
	← March 2024 March 2025 →

A partial lunar eclipse will take place on Wednesday, 18 September 2024, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2024 and the final partial lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 118.

Visibility edit

It will be completely visible over western parts of Africa and Europe, South and eastern North America, all of South America and parts of Antarctica, will be seen rising over the rest of North America, and setting over the rest of Africa, Europe and the Middle East.


Visibility map

Related eclipses edit

Eclipses of 2024 edit

A penumbral lunar eclipse on 25 March.
A total solar eclipse on 8 April.
A partial lunar eclipse on 18 September.
An annular solar eclipse on 2 October.

Lunar year series edit

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024–2027
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type Viewing	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
113	2024 Mar 25	Penumbral	1.06098	118	2024 Sep 18	Partial	−0.97920
123	2025 Mar 14	Total	0.34846	128	2025 Sep 07	Total	−0.27521
133	2026 Mar 03	Total	−0.37651	138	2026 Aug 28	Partial	0.49644
143	2027 Feb 20	Penumbral	−1.04803	148	2027 Aug 17	Penumbral	1.27974

Last set	2023 May 05			Last set	2023 Oct 28

Next set	2028 Jan 12			Next set	2027 Jul 18

Saros series edit

It is the last partial lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 118.

Half-Saros cycle edit

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 125.