October 1987 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on October 7, 1987. The Moon approached within 1% of the Earth's umbral shadow at maximum eclipse; 99% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth, with the overall eclipse lasting 4 hours and 14 minutes. While less dramatic than a partial eclipse (as no part of the Moon was in complete shadow), a shading across the Moon should have been readily visible to observers.^[1]

Visibility[]

Related lunar eclipses[]

Eclipses of 1987[]

A hybrid solar eclipse on March 29.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 14.
An annular solar eclipse on September 23.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 7.

Lunar year series[]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1984–1987
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
111	1984 May 15	Penumbral	1.11308	116	1984 Nov 08	Penumbral	-1.08998
121	1985 May 04	Total	0.35197	126	1985 Oct 28	Total	-0.40218
131	1986 Apr 24	Total	-0.36826	136	1986 Oct 17	Total	0.31887
141	1987 Apr 14	Penumbral	-1.13641	146	1987 Oct 07	Penumbral	1.01890

Last set	1984 Jun 13			Last set	1983 Dec 20

Next set	1988 Mar 03			Next set	1988 Aug 27

Half-Saros cycle[]

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 153.