# April 1995 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Saturday, April 15, 1995, with an umbral magnitude of 0.1114. 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 1.9 days before perigee (on April 17, 1995, at 9:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
It occurred on Easter Sunday (Gregorian only) the first for a lunar eclipse since March 1940.$^{:152}$

## Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over northeast Asia, Australia, and the western and central Pacific Ocean, seen rising over much of Asia and setting over North America and western South America.

## Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
April 15, 1995 Lunar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Penumbral Magnitude | 1.08363 |
| Umbral Magnitude | 0.11142 |
| Gamma | −0.95939 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 01h32m54.9s |
| Sun Declination | +09°42'10.2" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'56.5" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 13h31m50.7s |
| Moon Declination | -10°37'41.7" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'23.9" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°00'10.8" |
| ΔT | 61.0 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 April 1995 :
| April 15 Ascending node (full moon) | April 29 Descending node (new moon) |
| Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 112 | Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 138 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 1995

* A partial lunar eclipse on April 15.
* An annular solar eclipse on April 29.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 8.
* A total solar eclipse on October 24.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 27, 1991
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 31, 1999

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 1988
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2002

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 2004

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 15, 1984
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2006

### Lunar Saros 112

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 1977
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 25, 2013

### Inex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 1966
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2024

### Triad

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 14, 1908
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 13, 2082

### Lunar eclipses of 1995–1998

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 August 8, 1998 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995 to 1998 :
| 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 | 1995 Apr 15 | Partial | −0.9594 | 117 | 1995 Oct 08 | Penumbral | 1.1179 |
| 122 | 1996 Apr 04 | Total | −0.2534 | 127 | 1996 Sep 27 | Total | 0.3426 |
| 132 | 1997 Mar 24 | Partial | 0.4899 | 137 | 1997 Sep 16 | Total | −0.3768 |
| 142 | 1998 Mar 13 | Penumbral | 1.1964 | 147 | 1998 Sep 06 | Penumbral | −1.1058 |

### Saros 112

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 112, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on May 20, 859 AD. It contains partial eclipses from August 3, 985 AD through March 8, 1346; total eclipses from March 18, 1364 through August 27, 1616; and a second set of partial eclipses from September 7, 1634 through April 25, 2013. The series ends at member 72 as a penumbral eclipse on July 12, 2139.
The longest duration of totality was produced by member 36 at 99 minutes, 51 seconds on June 2, 1490. 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 occurred on 1490 Jun 02, lasting 99 minutes, 51 seconds. | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1490 Jun 02, lasting 99 minutes, 51 seconds. | 859 May 20 | 985 Aug 03 | 1364 Mar 18 | 1436 Apr 30 |
| Last ||||
| The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1490 Jun 02, lasting 99 minutes, 51 seconds. | Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral |
| The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1490 Jun 02, lasting 99 minutes, 51 seconds. | 1562 Jul 16 | 1616 Aug 27 | 2013 Apr 25 | 2139 Jul 12 |
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 54–72 occur between 1801 and 2139: :
| 54 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 56 |
| 1814 Dec 26 | 1814 Dec 26 | 1833 Jan 06 | 1833 Jan 06 | 1851 Jan 17 | 1851 Jan 17 |
| 57 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 59 |
| 1869 Jan 28 | 1869 Jan 28 | 1887 Feb 08 | 1887 Feb 08 | 1905 Feb 19 | 1905 Feb 19 |
| 60 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 62 |
| 1923 Mar 03 | 1923 Mar 03 | 1941 Mar 13 | 1941 Mar 13 | 1959 Mar 24 | 1959 Mar 24 |
| 63 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 65 |
| 1977 Apr 04 | 1977 Apr 04 | 1995 Apr 15 | 1995 Apr 15 | 2013 Apr 25 | 2013 Apr 25 |
| 66 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 68 |
| 2031 May 07 | 2031 May 07 | 2049 May 17 | 2049 May 17 | 2067 May 28 | 2067 May 28 |
| 69 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 71 |
| 2085 Jun 08 | 2085 Jun 08 | 2103 Jun 20 | 2103 Jun 20 | 2121 Jun 30 | 2121 Jun 30 |
| 72 ||
| 2139 Jul 12 ||

### 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 1886 and 2200 :
| 1886 Feb 18 (Saros 102) | 1886 Feb 18 (Saros 102) | 1897 Jan 18 (Saros 103) | 1897 Jan 18 (Saros 103) | | | | | | |
| | | 1951 Aug 17 (Saros 108) | 1951 Aug 17 (Saros 108) | 1962 Jul 17 (Saros 109) | 1962 Jul 17 (Saros 109) | 1973 Jun 15 (Saros 110) | 1973 Jun 15 (Saros 110) | 1984 May 15 (Saros 111) | 1984 May 15 (Saros 111) |
| 1995 Apr 15 (Saros 112) | 1995 Apr 15 (Saros 112) | 2006 Mar 14 (Saros 113) | 2006 Mar 14 (Saros 113) | 2017 Feb 11 (Saros 114) | 2017 Feb 11 (Saros 114) | 2028 Jan 12 (Saros 115) | 2028 Jan 12 (Saros 115) | 2038 Dec 11 (Saros 116) | 2038 Dec 11 (Saros 116) |
| 2049 Nov 09 (Saros 117) | 2049 Nov 09 (Saros 117) | 2060 Oct 09 (Saros 118) | 2060 Oct 09 (Saros 118) | 2071 Sep 09 (Saros 119) | 2071 Sep 09 (Saros 119) | 2082 Aug 08 (Saros 120) | 2082 Aug 08 (Saros 120) | 2093 Jul 08 (Saros 121) | 2093 Jul 08 (Saros 121) |
| 2104 Jun 08 (Saros 122) | 2104 Jun 08 (Saros 122) | 2115 May 08 (Saros 123) | 2115 May 08 (Saros 123) | 2126 Apr 07 (Saros 124) | 2126 Apr 07 (Saros 124) | 2137 Mar 07 (Saros 125) | 2137 Mar 07 (Saros 125) | 2148 Feb 04 (Saros 126) | 2148 Feb 04 (Saros 126) |
| 2159 Jan 04 (Saros 127) | 2159 Jan 04 (Saros 127) | 2169 Dec 04 (Saros 128) | 2169 Dec 04 (Saros 128) | 2180 Nov 02 (Saros 129) | 2180 Nov 02 (Saros 129) | 2191 Oct 02 (Saros 130) | 2191 Oct 02 (Saros 130) |

### 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 :
| 1821 Aug 13 (Saros 106) | 1821 Aug 13 (Saros 106) | 1850 Jul 24 (Saros 107) | 1850 Jul 24 (Saros 107) | 1879 Jul 03 (Saros 108) | 1879 Jul 03 (Saros 108) |
| 1908 Jun 14 (Saros 109) | 1908 Jun 14 (Saros 109) | 1937 May 25 (Saros 110) | 1937 May 25 (Saros 110) | 1966 May 04 (Saros 111) | 1966 May 04 (Saros 111) |
| 1995 Apr 15 (Saros 112) | 1995 Apr 15 (Saros 112) | 2024 Mar 25 (Saros 113) | 2024 Mar 25 (Saros 113) | 2053 Mar 04 (Saros 114) | 2053 Mar 04 (Saros 114) |
| 2082 Feb 13 (Saros 115) | 2082 Feb 13 (Saros 115) | 2111 Jan 25 (Saros 116) | 2111 Jan 25 (Saros 116) | 2140 Jan 04 (Saros 117) | 2140 Jan 04 (Saros 117) |
| 2168 Dec 14 (Saros 118) | 2168 Dec 14 (Saros 118) | 2197 Nov 24 (Saros 119) | 2197 Nov 24 (Saros 119) |

### 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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.
| April 9, 1986 | April 19, 2004 |