October 2014 lunar eclipse
| Total eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
Totality as viewed from Lomita, California, 10:55 UTC | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | October 8, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | 0.3826 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.1670 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 127 (42 of 72) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 58 minutes, 50 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 199 minutes, 31 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 318 minutes, 3 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, October 8, 2014, with an umbral magnitude of 1.1670. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. 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. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 2.2 days after perigee (on October 6, 2014, at 5:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
This lunar eclipse is the second of a tetrad, with four total lunar eclipses in series, the others being on April 15, 2014; April 4, 2015; and September 28, 2015.