A penumbral

lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ...

took place on Tuesday, April 14, 1987, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1987, the second being on October 7, 1987. This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 77.703% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth (none of it was in total shadow), which caused a gentle shadow gradient across its disc at maximum; the eclipse as a whole lasted 3 hours, 54 minutes and 12.8 seconds. The Moon was just 4.6 days before perigee (Perigee on Saturday, April 18, 1987), making it 0.5% larger than average.

Visibility

It was completely visible over North America, South America, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa and west in Asia, seen rising over the Pacific Ocean and North America and setting over South Asia and the Indian Ocean. Lunar eclipse from moon-1987Apr14

Member

This is the 22nd member of Lunar Saros 141. The previous event was the

April 1969 lunar eclipse A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, April 2, 1969, the first of three penumbral lunar eclipses in 1969, the second being on Wednesday, August 27, and the last being on Thursday, September 25. Visibility It was completely visible ...

. The next event is the

April 2005 lunar eclipse A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on April 24, 2005, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2005. At maximum eclipse, 86.5% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth, which caused a slight shadow gradient across its disc; this subtle eff ...

Related lunar eclipses

Eclipses of 1987

* A hybrid solar eclipse on March 29. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 14. * An annular solar eclipse on September 23. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 7.

Lunar year series

Saros series

Lunar Saros 141 Saros cycle series 141 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's descending node, repeats every 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 72 events. This lunar saros is linked to Solar Saros 148 Saros cycle series 148 for solar eclipses occurs at th ...

, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 26 total lunar eclipses. First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1608 Aug 25 First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2041 May 16 First Total Lunar Eclipse: 2167 Aug 01 First Central Lunar Eclipse: 2221 Sep 02 Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 141: 2293 Oct 16 Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 2546 Mar 18 Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2618 May 01 Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2744 Jul 16 Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2888 Oct 11 1901-2100 March 1915 lunar eclipse March 1933 lunar eclipse

March 1951 lunar eclipse A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Friday, March 23, 1951. This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 64% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth (none of it was in total shadow) ...

April 1987 lunar eclipse

May 2023 lunar eclipse A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on Friday, May 5, 2023, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2023. The moon's apparent diameter will be only 0.1% smaller than average because it occurs 5.5 days before perigee (Perigee on May 11, 2023). ...

May 2041 lunar eclipse A partial lunar eclipse will take place on May 16, 2041. Visibility Member This is the 25th member of Lunar Saros 141. The previous event was the May 2023 lunar eclipse A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on Friday, May 5, 2023, the f ...

May 2059 lunar eclipse May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May ...

June 2077 lunar eclipse June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the second of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the third of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. June contains the summer solstice in t ...

June 2095 lunar eclipse June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the second of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the third of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. June contains the summer solstice in th ...

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros'' This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of

Solar Saros 148 Saros cycle series 148 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 75 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node. This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros ...

Notes

External links

* 1987-04 1987 in science April 1987 events {{lunar-eclipse-stub