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February 2017 lunar eclipse

Penumbral eclipse
From Rabka-Zdrój, Poland, 0:51 UTC
Date	11 February 2017
Gamma	−1.0254
Magnitude	0.9884
Saros cycle	114 (59 of 71)
Penumbral	259 minutes, 10 seconds
Contacts (UTC) P1 22:34:16 (10 February) Greatest 0:43:53 P4 2:53:26
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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place at the Moon's ascending node on 11 February 2017, the first of two lunar eclipses in 2017. It was not quite a total penumbral lunar eclipse. It occurred the same day as comet 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková made a close approach to Earth (0.08318 AU). It also occurred on the Lantern Festival, the first since 9 February 2009. Occurring only 4.4 days after perigee (Perigee on 6 February 2017), the moon's apparent diameter was larger.

It was visible from the Americas, Europe, Africa, and most of Asia.

Visibility map

• 
  Popayán, Colombia, 23:43 UTC (10 February)
• 
  Kissimmee, Florida, 0:00 UTC
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  Tampa, Florida, 0:11 UTC
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  Time lapse images from Melbourne, Florida
• 
  Bracciano, Italy, 0:29 UTC
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  Macon, Georgia, 0:38 UTC
• 
  Naperville, Illinois, 1:23 UTC
• 
  Innsbruck, Austria, ~2:00 UTC

• A penumbral lunar eclipse on 11 February.
• An annular solar eclipse on 26 February.
• A partial lunar eclipse on 7 August.
• A total solar eclipse on 21 August.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2016–2020
Descending node					Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type Viewing	Gamma		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
109	2016 Aug 18	Penumbral	1.56406		114	2017 Feb 11	Penumbral	−1.02548
119	2017 Aug 07	Partial	0.86690		124	2018 Jan 31	Total	−0.30143
129	2018 Jul 27	Total	0.11681		134	2019 Jan 21	Total	0.36842
139	2019 Jul 16	Partial	−0.64300		144	2020 Jan 10	Penumbral	1.07270
149	2020 Jul 05	Penumbral	−1.36387
Last set	2016 Sep 16				Last set	2016 Mar 23
Next set	2020 Jun 05				Next set	2020 Nov 30

It is part of Saros cycle 114.

Lunar Saros series 114, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 13 total lunar eclipses.

First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 0971 May 13

First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1115 Aug 07

First Total Lunar Eclipse: 1458 Feb 28

First Central Lunar Eclipse: 1530 Apr 12

Greatest Eclipse of Lunar Saros 114: 1584 May 24

Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1638 Jun 26

Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 1674 Jul 17

Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1890 Nov 26

Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2233 Jun 22

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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 121.

7 February 2008	17 February 2026

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2006
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of January 12, 2028

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of December 31, 2009
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2024

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lunar eclipse of 2017 February 11.

• 2017 Feb 11 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
• 11 Feb 2017 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
• Pakistan to witness lunar eclipse on February 11

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