# April 2034 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, April 3, 2034, with an umbral magnitude of −0.2263. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, 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 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 2.2 days before apogee (on April 5, 2034, at 23:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.

## Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over east Africa, eastern Europe, Asia, and western Australia, seen rising over west Africa, western Europe, and eastern South America and setting over eastern Australia and northeast Asia.

## Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
April 3, 2034 Lunar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Penumbral Magnitude | 0.85566 |
| Umbral Magnitude | −0.22631 |
| Gamma | 1.11441 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 00h51m54.0s |
| Sun Declination | +05°33'29.1" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'59.8" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 12h53m05.6s |
| Moon Declination | -04°35'42.2" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'47.1" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°54'15.6" |
| ΔT | 76.0 s |

## Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, 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 fortnight.
Eclipse season of March–April 2034 :
| March 20 Descending node (new moon) | April 3 Ascending node (full moon) |
| Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 130 | Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 142 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 2034

* A total solar eclipse on March 20.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 3.
* An annular solar eclipse on September 12.
* A partial lunar eclipse on September 28.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 2030
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 21, 2038

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 2027
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2041

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 2043

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 5, 2023
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 2045

### Lunar Saros 142

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 23, 2016
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 14, 2052

### Inex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 24, 2005
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2063

### Triad

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 3, 1947
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 2, 2121

### Lunar eclipses of 2031–2034

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
The penumbral lunar eclipse on June 5, 2031 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2031 to 2034 :
| Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node |
| Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma |
| 112 | 2031 May 07 | Penumbral | −1.0694 | 117 | 2031 Oct 30 | Penumbral | 1.1774 |
| 122 | 2032 Apr 25 | Total | −0.3558 | 127 | 2032 Oct 18 | Total | 0.4169 |
| 132 | 2033 Apr 14 | Total | 0.3954 | 137 | 2033 Oct 08 | Total | −0.2889 |
| 142 | 2034 Apr 03 | Penumbral | 1.1144 | 147 | 2034 Sep 28 | Partial | −1.0110 |

### Saros 142

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on September 19, 1709. It contains partial eclipses from May 5, 2088 through July 10, 2196; total eclipses from July 22, 2214 through April 21, 2665; and a second set of partial eclipses from May 3, 2683 through July 29, 2827. The series ends at member 73 as a penumbral eclipse on November 17, 3007.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 34 at 103 minutes, 54 seconds on September 15, 2304. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.
| Greatest | First | First | First | First |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2304 Sep 15, lasting 103 minutes, 54 seconds. | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2304 Sep 15, lasting 103 minutes, 54 seconds. | 1709 Sep 19 | 2088 May 05 | 2214 Jul 22 | 2250 Aug 13 |
| Last ||||
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2304 Sep 15, lasting 103 minutes, 54 seconds. | Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral |
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2304 Sep 15, lasting 103 minutes, 54 seconds. | 2448 Dec 10 | 2665 Apr 21 | 2827 Jul 29 | 3007 Nov 17 |
Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
Series members 7–28 occur between 1801 and 2200: :
| 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| 1817 Nov 23 | 1817 Nov 23 | 1835 Dec 05 | 1835 Dec 05 | 1853 Dec 15 | 1853 Dec 15 |
| 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| 1871 Dec 26 | 1871 Dec 26 | 1890 Jan 06 | 1890 Jan 06 | 1908 Jan 18 | 1908 Jan 18 |
| 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| 1926 Jan 28 | 1926 Jan 28 | 1944 Feb 09 | 1944 Feb 09 | 1962 Feb 19 | 1962 Feb 19 |
| 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| 1980 Mar 01 | 1980 Mar 01 | 1998 Mar 13 | 1998 Mar 13 | 2016 Mar 23 | 2016 Mar 23 |
| 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| 2034 Apr 03 | 2034 Apr 03 | 2052 Apr 14 | 2052 Apr 14 | 2070 Apr 25 | 2070 Apr 25 |
| 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
| 2088 May 05 | 2088 May 05 | 2106 May 17 | 2106 May 17 | 2124 May 28 | 2124 May 28 |
| 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
| 2142 Jun 08 | 2142 Jun 08 | 2160 Jun 18 | 2160 Jun 18 | 2178 Jun 30 | 2178 Jun 30 |
| 28 ||
| 2196 Jul 10 ||

### Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (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.
Series members between 1801 and 2187 :
| 1805 Jan 15 (Saros 121) | 1805 Jan 15 (Saros 121) | 1815 Dec 16 (Saros 122) | 1815 Dec 16 (Saros 122) | 1826 Nov 14 (Saros 123) | 1826 Nov 14 (Saros 123) | 1837 Oct 13 (Saros 124) | 1837 Oct 13 (Saros 124) | 1848 Sep 13 (Saros 125) | 1848 Sep 13 (Saros 125) |
| 1859 Aug 13 (Saros 126) | 1859 Aug 13 (Saros 126) | 1870 Jul 12 (Saros 127) | 1870 Jul 12 (Saros 127) | 1881 Jun 12 (Saros 128) | 1881 Jun 12 (Saros 128) | 1892 May 11 (Saros 129) | 1892 May 11 (Saros 129) | 1903 Apr 12 (Saros 130) | 1903 Apr 12 (Saros 130) |
| 1914 Mar 12 (Saros 131) | 1914 Mar 12 (Saros 131) | 1925 Feb 08 (Saros 132) | 1925 Feb 08 (Saros 132) | 1936 Jan 08 (Saros 133) | 1936 Jan 08 (Saros 133) | 1946 Dec 08 (Saros 134) | 1946 Dec 08 (Saros 134) | 1957 Nov 07 (Saros 135) | 1957 Nov 07 (Saros 135) |
| 1968 Oct 06 (Saros 136) | 1968 Oct 06 (Saros 136) | 1979 Sep 06 (Saros 137) | 1979 Sep 06 (Saros 137) | 1990 Aug 06 (Saros 138) | 1990 Aug 06 (Saros 138) | 2001 Jul 05 (Saros 139) | 2001 Jul 05 (Saros 139) | 2012 Jun 04 (Saros 140) | 2012 Jun 04 (Saros 140) |
| 2023 May 05 (Saros 141) | 2023 May 05 (Saros 141) | 2034 Apr 03 (Saros 142) | 2034 Apr 03 (Saros 142) | 2045 Mar 03 (Saros 143) | 2045 Mar 03 (Saros 143) | 2056 Feb 01 (Saros 144) | 2056 Feb 01 (Saros 144) | 2066 Dec 31 (Saros 145) | 2066 Dec 31 (Saros 145) |
| 2077 Nov 29 (Saros 146) | 2077 Nov 29 (Saros 146) | 2088 Oct 30 (Saros 147) | 2088 Oct 30 (Saros 147) | 2099 Sep 29 (Saros 148) | 2099 Sep 29 (Saros 148) | 2110 Aug 29 (Saros 149) | 2110 Aug 29 (Saros 149) | 2121 Jul 30 (Saros 150) | 2121 Jul 30 (Saros 150) |
| 2132 Jun 28 (Saros 151) | 2132 Jun 28 (Saros 151) | 2143 May 28 (Saros 152) | 2143 May 28 (Saros 152) | 2154 Apr 28 (Saros 153) | 2154 Apr 28 (Saros 153) | | | | |
| 2187 Jan 24 (Saros 156) ||

### Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (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.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| 1802 Sep 11 (Saros 134) | 1802 Sep 11 (Saros 134) | 1831 Aug 23 (Saros 135) | 1831 Aug 23 (Saros 135) | 1860 Aug 01 (Saros 136) | 1860 Aug 01 (Saros 136) |
| 1889 Jul 12 (Saros 137) | 1889 Jul 12 (Saros 137) | 1918 Jun 24 (Saros 138) | 1918 Jun 24 (Saros 138) | 1947 Jun 03 (Saros 139) | 1947 Jun 03 (Saros 139) |
| 1976 May 13 (Saros 140) | 1976 May 13 (Saros 140) | 2005 Apr 24 (Saros 141) | 2005 Apr 24 (Saros 141) | 2034 Apr 03 (Saros 142) | 2034 Apr 03 (Saros 142) |
| 2063 Mar 14 (Saros 143) | 2063 Mar 14 (Saros 143) | 2092 Feb 23 (Saros 144) | 2092 Feb 23 (Saros 144) | 2121 Feb 02 (Saros 145) | 2121 Feb 02 (Saros 145) |
| 2150 Jan 13 (Saros 146) | 2150 Jan 13 (Saros 146) | 2178 Dec 24 (Saros 147) | 2178 Dec 24 (Saros 147) |

### Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 149.
| March 29, 2025 | April 9, 2043 |