December 2030 lunar eclipse
Appearance
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse December 9, 2030 | |
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The moon will perceptibly dim as the moon passed through the Earth's northern penumbral shadow | |
Series (and member) | 145 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Penumbral | |
Contacts | |
P1 | UTC |
Greatest | |
P4 |
A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on Monday, December 9, 2030.[1]
Related lunar eclipses
[edit]Lunar year series
[edit]Lunar eclipse series sets from 2027–2031 | ||||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
110 | 2027 Jul 18 |
Penumbral |
-1.57589 | 115 | 2028 Jan 12 |
Partial |
0.98177 | |
120 | 2028 Jul 06 |
Partial |
-0.79040 | 125 | 2028 Dec 31 |
Total |
0.32583 | |
130 | 2029 Jun 26 |
Total |
0.01240 | 135 | 2029 Dec 20 |
Total |
-0.38110 | |
140 | 2030 Jun 15 |
Partial |
0.75346 | 145 | 2030 Dec 09 |
Penumbral |
-1.07315 | |
150 | 2031 Jun 05 |
Penumbral |
1.47322 | |||||
Last set | 2027 Aug 17 | Last set | 2027 Feb 20 | |||||
Next set | 2031 May 07 | Next set | 2031 Oct 30 |
Half-Saros cycle
[edit]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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 152.
December 4, 2021 | December 15, 2039 |
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 145
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
[edit]- 2030 Dec 09 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC