August 2017 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, August 7, 2017,[1] with an umbral magnitude of 0.2477.

Occurring about 5.2 days after apogee (on August 2, 2017, at 13:55 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 82 events.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 49 at 102 minutes, 6 seconds on March 30, 1801.

All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.