April 2032 lunar eclipse
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The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | April 25, 2032 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | −0.3558 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.1925 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 122 (57 of 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 65 minutes, 32 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 211 minutes, 11 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 342 minutes, 26 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Sunday, April 25, 2032, with an umbral magnitude of 1.1925. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. The Moon's apparent diameter will be near the average diameter because it will occur 6.7 days after apogee (on April 18, 2032, at 23:00 UTC) and 8.1 days before perigee (on May 3, 2032, at 16:45 UTC).
This lunar eclipse is the first of a tetrad, with four total lunar eclipses in series, the others being on October 18, 2032; April 14, 2033; and October 8, 2033.