September 2024 lunar eclipse

Partial eclipseDate18 September 2024Gamma−0.97920Magnitude0.08491Saros cycle118 (52 of 73)Partiality62 minutes, 49 secondsPenumbral246 minutes, 22 seconds

Contacts (UTC)
P1	00:41:08
U1	02:12:51
Greatest	02:44:14
U4	03:15:40
P4	04:47:25

A partial lunar eclipse will take place on Wednesday, 18 September 2024, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2024 and the final partial lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 118.

Visibility

It will be completely visible over western parts of Africa and Europe, South and eastern North America, all of South America and parts of Antarctica, will be seen rising over the rest of North America, and setting over the rest of Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

Visibility map

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2024

• A penumbral lunar eclipse on 25 March.
• A total solar eclipse on 8 April.
• A partial lunar eclipse on 18 September.
• An annular solar eclipse on 2 October.

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024–2027
Descending node					Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type Viewing	Gamma		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
113	2024 Mar 25	Penumbral	1.06098		118	2024 Sep 18	Partial	−0.97920
123	2025 Mar 14	Total	0.34846		128	2025 Sep 07	Total	−0.27521
133	2026 Mar 03	Total	−0.37651		138	2026 Aug 28	Partial	0.49644
143	2027 Feb 20	Penumbral	−1.04803		148	2027 Aug 17	Penumbral	1.27974
Last set	2023 May 05				Last set	2023 Oct 28
Next set	2028 Jan 12				Next set	2027 Jul 18

Saros series

It is the last partial lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 118.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 125.

13 September 2015	23 September 2033

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

References

External links

• Saros cycle 118
• 2024 Sep 18 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC