A partial

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 Wednesday, May 25, 1994, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1994, the second being with a penumbral lunar eclipse on Friday, November 18.

Visibility

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 1994

* An annular solar eclipse on May 10. * A partial lunar eclipse on May 25. * A total solar eclipse on November 3. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 18.

Lunar year series

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 solar eclipses of Solar Saros 147.

References

External links

Saros cycle 140
* 1994-05 1994 in science May 1994 events {{lunar-eclipse-stub