CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>September 1977 lunar eclipse - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"45013164-a8e0-4b40-aba7-7d688922e7b8","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"September_1977_lunar_eclipse","wgTitle":"September 1977 lunar eclipse","wgCurRevisionId":1278381172,"wgRevisionId":1278381172,"wgArticleId":22057043,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","20th-century lunar eclipses","1977 in science","September 1977"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"September_1977_lunar_eclipse","wgRelevantArticleId":22057043,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject": "wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":7000,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q7452119","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={ "ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface", "ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.18"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1118"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="745"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="596"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="September 1977 lunar eclipse - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_1977_lunar_eclipse"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_1977_lunar_eclipse"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-September_1977_lunar_eclipse rootpage-September_1977_lunar_eclipse skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" title="Main menu" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="n-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages"><span>Special pages</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=September+1977+lunar+eclipse" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=September+1977+lunar+eclipse" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=September+1977+lunar+eclipse" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=September+1977+lunar+eclipse" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Visibility" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Visibility"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Visibility</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Visibility-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eclipse_details" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eclipse_details"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Eclipse details</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eclipse_details-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eclipse_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eclipse_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Eclipse season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eclipse_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_eclipses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_eclipses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Related eclipses</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Related_eclipses-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Related eclipses subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Related_eclipses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Eclipses_in_1977" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eclipses_in_1977"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Eclipses in 1977</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eclipses_in_1977-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Metonic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Metonic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Metonic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Metonic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tzolkinex" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tzolkinex"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Tzolkinex</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tzolkinex-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Half-Saros" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Half-Saros"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Half-Saros</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Half-Saros-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tritos" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tritos"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Tritos</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tritos-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lunar_Saros_117" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lunar_Saros_117"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>Lunar Saros 117</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lunar_Saros_117-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Inex" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inex"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7</span> <span>Inex</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inex-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Triad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Triad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.8</span> <span>Triad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Triad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lunar_eclipses_of_1977–1980" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lunar_eclipses_of_1977–1980"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.9</span> <span>Lunar eclipses of 1977–1980</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lunar_eclipses_of_1977–1980-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Saros_117" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Saros_117"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.10</span> <span>Saros 117</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Saros_117-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tritos_series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tritos_series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.11</span> <span>Tritos series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tritos_series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Inex_series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inex_series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.12</span> <span>Inex series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inex_series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Half-Saros_cycle" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Half-Saros_cycle"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.13</span> <span>Half-Saros cycle</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Half-Saros_cycle-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">September 1977 lunar eclipse</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 1 language" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-1" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">1 language</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%E5%B9%B49%E6%9C%8827%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%88%E9%A3%9F" title="1977年9月27日月食 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="1977年9月27日月食" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q7452119#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/September_1977_lunar_eclipse" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:September_1977_lunar_eclipse" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/September_1977_lunar_eclipse"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/September_1977_lunar_eclipse"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/September_1977_lunar_eclipse" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/September_1977_lunar_eclipse" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&oldid=1278381172" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&id=1278381172&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSeptember_1977_lunar_eclipse"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSeptember_1977_lunar_eclipse"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q7452119" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Penumbral lunar eclipse September 27, 1977</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title">September 1977 lunar eclipse</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 100%; background-color: #727272"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Penumbral eclipse</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/290px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/435px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/580px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">September 27, 1977</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gamma_(eclipse)" title="Gamma (eclipse)">Gamma</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7000107680000000000♠"></span>1.0768</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Magnitude_of_eclipse" title="Magnitude of eclipse">Magnitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">−0.1361</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Saros_(astronomy)" title="Saros (astronomy)">Saros cycle</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Saros_117" title="Lunar Saros 117">117</a> (50 of 72)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Penumbral</th><td class="infobox-data">257 minutes, 30 seconds</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox-subbox collapsible"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:95%"><span style="font-size:105%;">Contacts (<a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>)</span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">P1</th><td class="infobox-data">6:20:33</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Greatest</th><td class="infobox-data">8:29:20</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">P4</th><td class="infobox-data">10:38:03</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/April_1977_lunar_eclipse" title="April 1977 lunar eclipse">April 1977</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/March_1978_lunar_eclipse" title="March 1978 lunar eclipse">March 1978</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A penumbral <a href="/wiki/Lunar_eclipse" title="Lunar eclipse">lunar eclipse</a> occurred at the Moon’s <a href="/wiki/Lunar_node" title="Lunar node">descending node</a> of orbit on Tuesday, September 27, 1977,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with an umbral <a href="/wiki/Magnitude_of_eclipse" title="Magnitude of eclipse">magnitude</a> of −0.1361. A lunar eclipse occurs when the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a> moves into the <a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_shadow" title="Earth's shadow">Earth's shadow</a>, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra. Unlike a <a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipse" title="Solar eclipse">solar eclipse</a>, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the <a href="/wiki/Night" title="Night">night</a> side of Earth. Occurring about 6.25 days before <a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">apogee</a> (on October 3, 1977, at 14:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Visibility">Visibility</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Visibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The eclipse was completely visible over <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>, northwestern <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>, and the central and eastern <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>, seen rising over <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">east</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Asia" title="Northeast Asia">northeast Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> and setting over much of <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/300px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/450px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/600px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/300px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/450px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/600px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eclipse_details">Eclipse details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Eclipse details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" align="left" style="margin:0 1em 0.5em 0"> <caption>September 27, 1977 Lunar Eclipse Parameters </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Parameter </th> <th>Value </th></tr> <tr> <td>Penumbral Magnitude </td> <td>0.90076 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Umbral Magnitude </td> <td>−0.13605 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gamma </td> <td>1.07682 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sun Right Ascension </td> <td>12h15m08.1s </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sun Declination </td> <td>-01°38'19.9" </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sun Semi-Diameter </td> <td>15'57.6" </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax </td> <td>08.8" </td></tr> <tr> <td>Moon Right Ascension </td> <td>00h13m53.7s </td></tr> <tr> <td>Moon Declination </td> <td>+02°36'15.1" </td></tr> <tr> <td>Moon Semi-Diameter </td> <td>15'23.6" </td></tr> <tr> <td>Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax </td> <td>0°56'29.6" </td></tr> <tr> <td>ΔT </td> <td>48.3 s </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eclipse_season">Eclipse season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Eclipse season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Eclipse_cycle" title="Eclipse cycle">Eclipse cycle</a></div> <p>This eclipse is part of an <a href="/wiki/Eclipse_season" title="Eclipse season">eclipse season</a>, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a <a href="/wiki/Fortnight" title="Fortnight">fortnight</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Eclipse season of September–October 1977 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th><a class="mw-selflink selflink">September 27</a><br />Descending node (full moon)<br /></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_October_12,_1977" title="Solar eclipse of October 12, 1977">October 12</a><br />Ascending node (new moon)<br /> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/200px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/300px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/400px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SE1977Oct12T.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/SE1977Oct12T.png/200px-SE1977Oct12T.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/SE1977Oct12T.png/300px-SE1977Oct12T.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/SE1977Oct12T.png/400px-SE1977Oct12T.png 2x" data-file-width="728" data-file-height="729" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Lunar_eclipse#Types_of_lunar_eclipse" title="Lunar eclipse">Penumbral lunar eclipse</a><br />Lunar Saros 117</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Total_eclipse#Types" class="mw-redirect" title="Total eclipse">Total solar eclipse</a><br />Solar Saros 143 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_eclipses">Related eclipses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Related eclipses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eclipses_in_1977">Eclipses in 1977</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Eclipses in 1977"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_1977_lunar_eclipse" title="April 1977 lunar eclipse">A partial lunar eclipse on April 4</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_April_18,_1977" title="Solar eclipse of April 18, 1977">An annular solar eclipse on April 18</a>.</li> <li><b>A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 27.</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_October_12,_1977" title="Solar eclipse of October 12, 1977">A total solar eclipse on October 12</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metonic">Metonic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Metonic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/December_1973_lunar_eclipse" title="December 1973 lunar eclipse">Lunar eclipse of December 10, 1973</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/July_1981_lunar_eclipse" title="July 1981 lunar eclipse">Lunar eclipse of July 17, 1981</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tzolkinex">Tzolkinex</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tzolkinex"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/August_1970_lunar_eclipse" title="August 1970 lunar eclipse">Lunar eclipse of August 17, 1970</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/November_1984_lunar_eclipse" title="November 1984 lunar eclipse">Lunar eclipse of November 8, 1984</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Half-Saros">Half-Saros</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Half-Saros"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_September_22,_1968" title="Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968">Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_October_3,_1986" title="Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986">Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tritos">Tritos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Tritos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/October_1966_lunar_eclipse" title="October 1966 lunar eclipse">Lunar eclipse of October 29, 1966</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/August_1988_lunar_eclipse" title="August 1988 lunar eclipse">Lunar eclipse of August 27, 1988</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lunar_Saros_117">Lunar Saros 117</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Lunar Saros 117"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/September_1959_lunar_eclipse" title="September 1959 lunar eclipse">Lunar eclipse of September 17, 1959</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/October_1995_lunar_eclipse" title="October 1995 lunar eclipse">Lunar eclipse of October 8, 1995</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inex">Inex</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Inex"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/October_1948_lunar_eclipse" title="October 1948 lunar eclipse">Lunar eclipse of October 18, 1948</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/September_2006_lunar_eclipse" title="September 2006 lunar eclipse">Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2006</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Triad">Triad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Triad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/w/index.php?title=November_1890_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="November 1890 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">Lunar eclipse of November 26, 1890</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/w/index.php?title=July_2064_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="July 2064 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">Lunar eclipse of July 28, 2064</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lunar_eclipses_of_1977–1980"><span id="Lunar_eclipses_of_1977.E2.80.931980"></span>Lunar eclipses of 1977–1980</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Lunar eclipses of 1977–1980"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This eclipse is a member of a <a href="/wiki/Eclipse_cycle#Eclipse_cycles" title="Eclipse cycle">semester series</a>. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating <a href="/wiki/Lunar_node" title="Lunar node">nodes</a> of the Moon's orbit.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The penumbral lunar eclipse on <a href="/wiki/July_1980_lunar_eclipse" title="July 1980 lunar eclipse">July 27, 1980</a> occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set. </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th class="nowrap" colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_eclipse" title="Lunar eclipse">Lunar eclipse</a> series sets from 1977 to 1980 </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" colspan="4">Ascending node </th> <td rowspan="11">  </td> <th scope="col" colspan="4">Descending node </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Saros_(astronomy)" title="Saros (astronomy)">Saros</a> </th> <th scope="col">Date<br />Viewing </th> <th scope="col">Type<br />Chart </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Gamma_(eclipse)" title="Gamma (eclipse)">Gamma</a> </th> <th scope="col">Saros </th> <th scope="col">Date<br />Viewing </th> <th scope="col">Type<br />Chart </th> <th scope="col">Gamma </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td>112 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/April_1977_lunar_eclipse" title="April 1977 lunar eclipse">1977 Apr 04</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Apr04.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Apr04.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Apr04.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Apr04.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Apr04.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Apr04.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Apr04.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">Partial<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Apr04.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Apr04.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Apr04.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Apr04.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Apr04.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Apr04.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Apr04.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td>−0.9148 </td> <td>117 </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1977 Sep 27</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">Penumbral<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td>1.0768 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td>122 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/March_1978_lunar_eclipse" title="March 1978 lunar eclipse">1978 Mar 24</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Mar24.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Mar24.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Mar24.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Mar24.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Mar24.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Mar24.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Mar24.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>Total</b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Mar24.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Mar24.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Mar24.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Mar24.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Mar24.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Mar24.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Mar24.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td>−0.2140 </td> <td>127 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/September_1978_lunar_eclipse" title="September 1978 lunar eclipse">1978 Sep 16</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Sep16.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Sep16.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Sep16.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Sep16.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Sep16.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Sep16.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1978Sep16.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>Total</b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Sep16.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Sep16.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Sep16.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Sep16.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Sep16.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Sep16.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1978Sep16.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td>0.2951 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td>132 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/March_1979_lunar_eclipse" title="March 1979 lunar eclipse">1979 Mar 13</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Mar13.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Mar13.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Mar13.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Mar13.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Mar13.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Mar13.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Mar13.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">Partial<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Mar13.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Mar13.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Mar13.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Mar13.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Mar13.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Mar13.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Mar13.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td>0.5254 </td> <td>137 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/September_1979_lunar_eclipse" title="September 1979 lunar eclipse">1979 Sep 06</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Sep06.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Sep06.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Sep06.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Sep06.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Sep06.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Sep06.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1979Sep06.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>Total</b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Sep06.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Sep06.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Sep06.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Sep06.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Sep06.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Sep06.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1979Sep06.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td>−0.4305 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td>142 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/March_1980_lunar_eclipse" title="March 1980 lunar eclipse">1980 Mar 01</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Mar01.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Mar01.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Mar01.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Mar01.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Mar01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Mar01.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Mar01.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">Penumbral<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Mar01.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Mar01.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Mar01.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Mar01.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Mar01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Mar01.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Mar01.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td>1.2270 </td> <td>147 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/August_1980_lunar_eclipse" title="August 1980 lunar eclipse">1980 Aug 26</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Aug26.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Aug26.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Aug26.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Aug26.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Aug26.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Aug26.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1980Aug26.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">Penumbral<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Aug26.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Aug26.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Aug26.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Aug26.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Aug26.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Aug26.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1980Aug26.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td>−1.1608 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saros_117">Saros 117</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Saros 117"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This eclipse is a part of <a href="/wiki/Lunar_Saros_117" title="Lunar Saros 117">Saros series 117</a>, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on April 3, 1094. It contains partial eclipses from June 29, 1238 through September 23, 1382; total eclipses from October 3, 1400 through June 21, 1815; and a second set of partial eclipses from July 2, 1833 through <a href="/wiki/September_1941_lunar_eclipse" title="September 1941 lunar eclipse">September 5, 1941</a>. The series ends at member 71 as a penumbral eclipse on May 15, 2356. </p><p>The longest duration of totality was produced by member 35 at 105 minutes, 43 seconds on April 17, 1707. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s <a href="/wiki/Lunar_node" title="Lunar node">descending node</a> of orbit.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Greatest </th> <th colspan="4">First </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" width="180" align="center">The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on <b>1707 Apr 17</b>, lasting 105 minutes, 43 seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th>Penumbral </th> <th>Partial </th> <th>Total </th> <th>Central </th></tr> <tr> <td>1094 Apr 03<br /> </td> <td>1238 Jun 29<br /> </td> <td>1400 Oct 03<br /> </td> <td>1563 Jan 09<br /> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Last </th></tr> <tr> <th>Central </th> <th>Total </th> <th>Partial </th> <th>Penumbral </th></tr> <tr> <td>1761 May 18<br /> </td> <td>1815 Jun 21<br /> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/September_1941_lunar_eclipse" title="September 1941 lunar eclipse">1941 Sep 05</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td>2356 May 15<br /> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one <a href="/wiki/Exeligmos" title="Exeligmos">exeligmos</a> apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Series members 41–62 occur between 1801 and 2200: </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">41 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">42 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">43 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=June_1815_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="June 1815 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1815 Jun 21</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=July_1833_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="July 1833 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1833 Jul 02</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=July_1851_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="July 1851 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1851 Jul 13</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">44 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">45 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">46 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=July_1869_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="July 1869 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1869 Jul 23</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=August_1887_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="August 1887 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1887 Aug 03</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=August_1905_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="August 1905 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1905 Aug 15</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1905Aug15.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1905Aug15.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1905Aug15.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1905Aug15.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1905Aug15.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1905Aug15.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1905Aug15.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1905Aug15.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1905Aug15.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1905Aug15.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1905Aug15.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1905Aug15.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1905Aug15.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1905Aug15.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">47 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">48 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">49 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=August_1923_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="August 1923 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1923 Aug 26</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/September_1941_lunar_eclipse" title="September 1941 lunar eclipse">1941 Sep 05</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/September_1959_lunar_eclipse" title="September 1959 lunar eclipse">1959 Sep 17</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Aug26.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Aug26.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Aug26.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Aug26.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Aug26.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Aug26.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Aug26.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Aug26.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Aug26.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Aug26.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Aug26.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Aug26.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Aug26.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Aug26.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1941Sep05.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1941Sep05.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1941Sep05.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1941Sep05.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1941Sep05.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1941Sep05.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1941Sep05.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1941Sep05.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1959Sep17.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1959Sep17.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1959Sep17.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1959Sep17.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1959Sep17.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1959Sep17.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1959Sep17.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1959Sep17.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1959Sep17.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1959Sep17.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1959Sep17.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1959Sep17.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1959Sep17.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1959Sep17.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">50 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">51 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">52 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1977 Sep 27</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/October_1995_lunar_eclipse" title="October 1995 lunar eclipse">1995 Oct 08</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/October_2013_lunar_eclipse" title="October 2013 lunar eclipse">2013 Oct 18</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1995Oct08.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1995Oct08.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1995Oct08.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1995Oct08.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1995Oct08.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1995Oct08.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1995Oct08.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1995Oct08.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1995Oct08.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1995Oct08.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1995Oct08.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1995Oct08.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1995Oct08.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1995Oct08.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2013Oct18.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2013Oct18.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2013Oct18.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2013Oct18.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2013Oct18.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2013Oct18.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2013Oct18.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2013Oct18.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2013Oct18.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2013Oct18.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2013Oct18.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2013Oct18.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2013Oct18.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2013Oct18.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">53 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">54 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">55 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/October_2031_lunar_eclipse" title="October 2031 lunar eclipse">2031 Oct 30</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/November_2049_lunar_eclipse" title="November 2049 lunar eclipse">2049 Nov 09</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=November_2067_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="November 2067 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2067 Nov 21</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2031Oct30.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2031Oct30.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2031Oct30.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2031Oct30.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2031Oct30.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2031Oct30.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2031Oct30.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2031Oct30.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2031Oct30.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2031Oct30.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2031Oct30.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2031Oct30.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2031Oct30.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2031Oct30.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2049Nov09.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2049Nov09.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2049Nov09.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2049Nov09.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2049Nov09.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2049Nov09.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2049Nov09.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2049Nov09.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2049Nov09.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2049Nov09.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2049Nov09.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2049Nov09.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2049Nov09.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2049Nov09.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2067Nov21.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2067Nov21.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2067Nov21.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2067Nov21.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2067Nov21.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2067Nov21.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2067Nov21.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2067Nov21.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2067Nov21.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2067Nov21.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2067Nov21.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2067Nov21.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2067Nov21.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2067Nov21.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">56 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">57 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">58 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_2085_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="December 2085 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2085 Dec 01</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_2103_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="December 2103 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2103 Dec 13</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_2121_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="December 2121 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2121 Dec 24</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">59 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">60 </th> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">61 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_2140_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="January 2140 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2140 Jan 04</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_2158_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="January 2158 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2158 Jan 14</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_2176_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="January 2176 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2176 Jan 26</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">62 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=February_2194_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="February 2194 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2194 Feb 05</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tritos_series">Tritos series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Tritos series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This eclipse is a part of a <a href="/wiki/Tritos" title="Tritos">tritos</a> cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 <a href="/wiki/Month#Synodic_month" title="Month">synodic months</a> (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the <a href="/wiki/Month#Anomalistic_month" title="Month">anomalistic month</a> (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings. </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10">Series members between 1801 and 2200 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=February_1803_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="February 1803 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1803 Feb 06</a><br />(Saros 101) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_1814_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="January 1814 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1814 Jan 06</a><br />(Saros 102) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_1824_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="December 1824 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1824 Dec 06</a><br />(Saros 103) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=October_1846_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="October 1846 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1846 Oct 04</a><br />(Saros 105) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1857_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="September 1857 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1857 Sep 04</a><br />(Saros 106) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=August_1868_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="August 1868 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1868 Aug 03</a><br />(Saros 107) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=July_1879_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="July 1879 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1879 Jul 03</a><br />(Saros 108) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=June_1890_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="June 1890 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1890 Jun 03</a><br />(Saros 109) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=May_1901_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="May 1901 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1901 May 03</a><br />(Saros 110) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1901May03.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1901May03.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1901May03.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1901May03.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1901May03.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1901May03.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1901May03.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1901May03.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1901May03.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1901May03.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1901May03.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1901May03.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1901May03.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1901May03.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_1912_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="April 1912 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1912 Apr 01</a><br />(Saros 111) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=March_1923_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="March 1923 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1923 Mar 03</a><br />(Saros 112) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/January_1934_lunar_eclipse" title="January 1934 lunar eclipse">1934 Jan 30</a><br />(Saros 113) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/December_1944_lunar_eclipse" title="December 1944 lunar eclipse">1944 Dec 29</a><br />(Saros 114) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/November_1955_lunar_eclipse" title="November 1955 lunar eclipse">1955 Nov 29</a><br />(Saros 115) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1912Apr01.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1912Apr01.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1912Apr01.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1912Apr01.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1912Apr01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1912Apr01.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1912Apr01.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1912Apr01.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1912Apr01.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1912Apr01.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1912Apr01.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1912Apr01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1912Apr01.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1912Apr01.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Mar03.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Mar03.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Mar03.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Mar03.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Mar03.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Mar03.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1923Mar03.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Mar03.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Mar03.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Mar03.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Mar03.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Mar03.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Mar03.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1923Mar03.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1934Jan30.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1934Jan30.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1934Jan30.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1934Jan30.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1934Jan30.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1934Jan30.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1934Jan30.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1934Jan30.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1934Jan30.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1934Jan30.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1934Jan30.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1934Jan30.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1934Jan30.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1934Jan30.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1944Dec29.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1944Dec29.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1944Dec29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1944Dec29.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1944Dec29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1944Dec29.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1944Dec29.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1944Dec29.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1944Dec29.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1944Dec29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1944Dec29.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1944Dec29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1944Dec29.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1944Dec29.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1955Nov29.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1955Nov29.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1955Nov29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1955Nov29.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1955Nov29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1955Nov29.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1955Nov29.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1955Nov29.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1955Nov29.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1955Nov29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1955Nov29.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1955Nov29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1955Nov29.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1955Nov29.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/October_1966_lunar_eclipse" title="October 1966 lunar eclipse">1966 Oct 29</a><br />(Saros 116) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1977 Sep 27</a><br />(Saros 117) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/August_1988_lunar_eclipse" title="August 1988 lunar eclipse">1988 Aug 27</a><br />(Saros 118) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/July_1999_lunar_eclipse" title="July 1999 lunar eclipse">1999 Jul 28</a><br />(Saros 119) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/June_2010_lunar_eclipse" title="June 2010 lunar eclipse">2010 Jun 26</a><br />(Saros 120) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1966Oct29.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1966Oct29.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1966Oct29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1966Oct29.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1966Oct29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1966Oct29.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1966Oct29.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1966Oct29.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1966Oct29.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1966Oct29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1966Oct29.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1966Oct29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1966Oct29.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1966Oct29.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1988Aug27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1988Aug27.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1988Aug27.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1988Aug27.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1988Aug27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1988Aug27.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1988Aug27.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1988Aug27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1988Aug27.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1988Aug27.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1988Aug27.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1988Aug27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1988Aug27.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1988Aug27.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1999Jul28.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1999Jul28.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1999Jul28.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1999Jul28.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1999Jul28.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1999Jul28.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1999Jul28.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1999Jul28.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1999Jul28.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1999Jul28.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1999Jul28.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1999Jul28.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1999Jul28.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1999Jul28.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2010jun26.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2010jun26.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2010jun26.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2010jun26.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2010jun26.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2010jun26.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2010jun26.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2010Jun26.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2010Jun26.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2010Jun26.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2010Jun26.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2010Jun26.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2010Jun26.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2010Jun26.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/May_2021_lunar_eclipse" title="May 2021 lunar eclipse">2021 May 26</a><br />(Saros 121) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/April_2032_lunar_eclipse" title="April 2032 lunar eclipse">2032 Apr 25</a><br />(Saros 122) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/March_2043_lunar_eclipse" title="March 2043 lunar eclipse">2043 Mar 25</a><br />(Saros 123) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/February_2054_lunar_eclipse" title="February 2054 lunar eclipse">2054 Feb 22</a><br />(Saros 124) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_2065_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="January 2065 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2065 Jan 22</a><br />(Saros 125) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2021May26.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2021May26.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2021May26.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2021May26.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2021May26.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2021May26.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2021May26.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2021May26.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2021May26.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2021May26.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2021May26.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2021May26.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2021May26.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2021May26.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2032Apr25.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2032Apr25.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2032Apr25.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2032Apr25.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2032Apr25.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2032Apr25.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2032Apr25.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2032Apr25.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2032Apr25.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2032Apr25.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2032Apr25.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2032Apr25.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2032Apr25.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2032Apr25.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2043Mar25.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2043Mar25.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2043Mar25.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2043Mar25.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2043Mar25.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2043Mar25.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2043Mar25.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2043Mar25.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2043Mar25.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2043Mar25.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2043Mar25.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2043Mar25.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2043Mar25.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2043Mar25.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2054Feb22.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2054Feb22.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2054Feb22.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2054Feb22.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2054Feb22.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2054Feb22.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2054Feb22.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2054Feb22.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2054Feb22.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2054Feb22.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2054Feb22.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2054Feb22.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2054Feb22.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2054Feb22.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_2075_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="December 2075 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2075 Dec 22</a><br />(Saros 126) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/November_2086_lunar_eclipse" class="mw-redirect" title="November 2086 lunar eclipse">2086 Nov 20</a><br />(Saros 127) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=October_2097_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="October 2097 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2097 Oct 21</a><br />(Saros 128) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_2108_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="September 2108 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2108 Sep 20</a><br />(Saros 129) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=August_2119_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="August 2119 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2119 Aug 20</a><br />(Saros 130) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=July_2130_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="July 2130 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2130 Jul 21</a><br />(Saros 131) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=June_2141_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="June 2141 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2141 Jun 19</a><br />(Saros 132) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=May_2152_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="May 2152 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2152 May 18</a><br />(Saros 133) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_2163_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="April 2163 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2163 Apr 19</a><br />(Saros 134) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=March_2174_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="March 2174 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2174 Mar 18</a><br />(Saros 135) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=February_2185_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="February 2185 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2185 Feb 14</a><br />(Saros 136) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_2196_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="January 2196 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2196 Jan 15</a><br />(Saros 137) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inex_series">Inex series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Inex series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This eclipse is a part of the long period <a href="/wiki/Inex" title="Inex">inex</a> cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 <a href="/wiki/Month#Synodic_month" title="Month">synodic months</a> (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the <a href="/wiki/Month#Anomalistic_month" title="Month">anomalistic month</a> (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings. </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Series members between 1801 and 2200 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_1804_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="January 1804 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1804 Jan 26</a><br />(Saros 111) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_1833_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="January 1833 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1833 Jan 06</a><br />(Saros 112) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_1861_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="December 1861 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1861 Dec 17</a><br />(Saros 113) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=November_1890_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="November 1890 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1890 Nov 26</a><br />(Saros 114) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=November_1919_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="November 1919 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">1919 Nov 07</a><br />(Saros 115) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/October_1948_lunar_eclipse" title="October 1948 lunar eclipse">1948 Oct 18</a><br />(Saros 116) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1919Nov07.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1919Nov07.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1919Nov07.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1919Nov07.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1919Nov07.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1919Nov07.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1919Nov07.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1919Nov07.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1919Nov07.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1919Nov07.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1919Nov07.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1919Nov07.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1919Nov07.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1919Nov07.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1948Oct18.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1948Oct18.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1948Oct18.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1948Oct18.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1948Oct18.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1948Oct18.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1948Oct18.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1948Oct18.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1948Oct18.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1948Oct18.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1948Oct18.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1948Oct18.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1948Oct18.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1948Oct18.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1977 Sep 27</a><br />(Saros 117) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/September_2006_lunar_eclipse" title="September 2006 lunar eclipse">2006 Sep 07</a><br />(Saros 118) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/August_2035_lunar_eclipse" title="August 2035 lunar eclipse">2035 Aug 19</a><br />(Saros 119) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1977Sep27.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2006Sep07.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2006Sep07.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2006Sep07.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2006Sep07.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2006Sep07.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2006Sep07.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2006Sep07.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2006Sep07.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2006Sep07.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2006Sep07.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2006Sep07.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2006Sep07.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2006Sep07.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2006Sep07.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2035Aug19.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2035Aug19.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2035Aug19.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2035Aug19.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2035Aug19.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2035Aug19.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2035Aug19.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2035Aug19.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2035Aug19.png/80px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2035Aug19.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2035Aug19.png/120px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2035Aug19.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2035Aug19.png/160px-Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-2035Aug19.png 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=July_2064_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="July 2064 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2064 Jul 28</a><br />(Saros 120) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=July_2093_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="July 2093 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2093 Jul 08</a><br />(Saros 121) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=June_2122_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="June 2122 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2122 Jun 20</a><br />(Saros 122) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=May_2151_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="May 2151 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2151 May 30</a><br />(Saros 123) </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=May_2180_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="May 2180 lunar eclipse (page does not exist)">2180 May 09</a><br />(Saros 124) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Half-Saros_cycle">Half-Saros cycle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Half-Saros cycle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a <a href="/wiki/Saros_(astronomy)#Relationship_between_lunar_and_solar_saros_.28sar.29" title="Saros (astronomy)">half saros</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of <a href="/wiki/Solar_Saros_124" title="Solar Saros 124">Solar Saros 124</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_September_22,_1968" title="Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968">September 22, 1968</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_October_3,_1986" title="Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986">October 3, 1986</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SE1968Sep22T.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/SE1968Sep22T.png/240px-SE1968Sep22T.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/SE1968Sep22T.png/360px-SE1968Sep22T.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/SE1968Sep22T.png/480px-SE1968Sep22T.png 2x" data-file-width="728" data-file-height="729" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SE1986Oct03H.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/SE1986Oct03H.png/240px-SE1986Oct03H.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/SE1986Oct03H.png/360px-SE1986Oct03H.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/SE1986Oct03H.png/480px-SE1986Oct03H.png 2x" data-file-width="728" data-file-height="729" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lunar_eclipses" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lunar eclipses">List of lunar eclipses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_20th-century_lunar_eclipses" class="mw-redirect" title="List of 20th-century lunar eclipses">List of 20th-century lunar eclipses</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/1977-september-27">"September 26–27, 1977 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse"</a>. timeanddate<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 January</span> 2025</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=September+26%E2%80%9327%2C+1977+Penumbral+Lunar+Eclipse&rft.pub=timeanddate&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timeanddate.com%2Feclipse%2Flunar%2F1977-september-27&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+1977+lunar+eclipse" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=1977&n=136">"Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England"</a>. timeanddate<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 January</span> 2025</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Moon+Distances+for+London%2C+United+Kingdom%2C+England&rft.pub=timeanddate&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timeanddate.com%2Fastronomy%2Fmoon%2Fdistance.html%3Fyear%3D1977%26n%3D136&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+1977+lunar+eclipse" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot1951/LE1977Sep27N.pdf">"Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 1977 Sep 27"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. NASA<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 January</span> 2025</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Penumbral+Lunar+Eclipse+of+1977+Sep+27&rft.pub=NASA&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov%2FLEplot%2FLEplot1951%2FLE1977Sep27N.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+1977+lunar+eclipse" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEprime/1901-2000/LE1977Sep27Nprime.html">"Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 1977 Sep 27"</a>. EclipseWise.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 January</span> 2025</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Penumbral+Lunar+Eclipse+of+1977+Sep+27&rft.pub=EclipseWise.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feclipsewise.com%2Flunar%2FLEprime%2F1901-2000%2FLE1977Sep27Nprime.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+1977+lunar+eclipse" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFvan_Gent" class="citation web cs1">van Gent, R.H. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/eclipse/eclipsecycles.htm#Sar%20%28Half%20Saros%29">"Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present"</a>. <i>A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles</i>. Utrecht University<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 October</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=A+Catalogue+of+Eclipse+Cycles&rft.atitle=Solar-+and+Lunar-Eclipse+Predictions+from+Antiquity+to+the+Present&rft.aulast=van+Gent&rft.aufirst=R.H&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.staff.science.uu.nl%2F~gent0113%2Feclipse%2Feclipsecycles.htm%23Sar%2520%2528Half%2520Saros%2529&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+1977+lunar+eclipse" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros117.html">"NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 117"</a>. <i>eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov&rft.atitle=NASA+-+Catalog+of+Lunar+Eclipses+of+Saros+117&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov%2FLEsaros%2FLEsaros117.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+1977+lunar+eclipse" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=117">Listing of Eclipses of series 117</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, <i>The half-saros</i></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot1951/LE1977Sep27N.pdf">1977 Sep 27 chart</a> Eclipse Predictions by <a href="/wiki/Fred_Espenak" title="Fred Espenak">Fred Espenak</a>, <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>/<a href="/wiki/GSFC" class="mw-redirect" title="GSFC">GSFC</a></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&oldid=1278381172">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&oldid=1278381172</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:20th-century_lunar_eclipses" title="Category:20th-century lunar eclipses">20th-century lunar eclipses</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1977_in_science" title="Category:1977 in science">1977 in science</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:September_1977" title="Category:September 1977">September 1977</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 2 March 2025, at 03:18<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=September_1977_lunar_eclipse&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><picture><source media="(min-width: 500px)" srcset="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia.svg" width="25" height="25" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" lang="en" loading="lazy"></picture></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><picture><source media="(min-width: 500px)" srcset="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" width="88" height="31"><img src="/w/resources/assets/mediawiki_compact.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" lang="en" width="25" height="25" loading="lazy"></picture></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-header-container vector-sticky-header-container"> <div id="vector-sticky-header" class="vector-sticky-header"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-start"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icon-start vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" aria-hidden="true"> <button class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-sticky-header-search-toggle" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ui.vector-sticky-search-form.icon"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </button> </div> <div role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box"> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="vector-sticky-search-form" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia"> <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-context-bar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-sticky-header-toc" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-sticky-header-toc vector-sticky-header-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-sticky-header-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-sticky-header-toc-label" for="vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-sticky-header-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div class="vector-sticky-header-context-bar-primary" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="mw-page-title-main">September 1977 lunar eclipse</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-end" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icons"> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-talk-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="talk-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbles mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbles"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-subject-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="subject-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-article mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-article"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-history-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="history-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-history mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-history"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only mw-watchlink" id="ca-watchstar-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="watch-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-star mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-star"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-edit-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="wikitext-edit-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikiText mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-wikiText"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-ve-edit-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ve-edit-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-edit mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-edit"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-viewsource-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ve-edit-protected-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-editLock mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-editLock"></span> <span></span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-buttons"> <button class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet mw-interlanguage-selector" id="p-lang-btn-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-language"></span> <span>1 language</span> </button> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive" id="ca-addsection-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="addsection-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbleAdd-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbleAdd-progressive"></span> <span>Add topic</span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icon-end"> <div class="vector-user-links"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-dock-bottom emptyPortlet" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul> </ul> </div> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-76d4c66f66-jcrfl","wgBackendResponseTime":180,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.352","walltime":"0.529","ppvisitednodes":{"value":946,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":38917,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":1294,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":11,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":5,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":24966,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 320.483 1 -total"," 34.76% 111.397 2 Template:Infobox"," 31.59% 101.249 1 Template:Reflist"," 29.10% 93.264 1 Template:Infobox_lunar_eclipse"," 27.61% 88.487 6 Template:Cite_web"," 21.30% 68.253 1 Template:Short_description"," 11.55% 37.027 2 Template:Pagetype"," 11.36% 36.419 2 Template:Val"," 6.14% 19.683 3 Template:Main_other"," 5.57% 17.838 1 Template:SDcat"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.140","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":5919232,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-api-ext.codfw.next-775b855975-hpqpb","timestamp":"20250302031837","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"September 1977 lunar eclipse","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/September_1977_lunar_eclipse","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q7452119","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q7452119","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2009-03-19T23:26:10Z","dateModified":"2025-03-02T03:18:37Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/82\/Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1977Sep27.png","headline":"Penumbral lunar eclipse September 27 1977"}</script> </body> </html>