April 2013 lunar eclipse

April 2013 lunar eclipse

Partial eclipse
Partiality as viewed from Rabka-Zdrój, Poland, 20:10 UTC
Date	April 25, 2013
Gamma	−1.0121
Magnitude	0.0160
Saros cycle	112 (65 of 72)
Partiality	27 minutes, 0 seconds
Penumbral	247 minutes, 42 seconds
Contacts (UTC) P1 18:03:41 U1 19:54:04 Greatest 20:07:29 U4 20:21:04 P4 22:11:23
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A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, April 25, 2013,^[1] with an umbral magnitude of 0.0160. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when one part of the Moon is in the Earth's umbra, while the other part is in the Earth's penumbra. 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. Occurring about 1.8 days before perigee (on April 27, 2013, at 15:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.^[2]

Only a tiny sliver (1.48%) of the Moon was covered by the Earth's umbral shadow at maximum eclipse, but the entire northern half of the Moon was darkened from being inside the penumbral shadow. This was one of the shortest partial eclipses of the Moon in the 21st century, lasting 27 minutes. This was also the last of 58 umbral lunar eclipses in Lunar Saros 112.