A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, June 17, 2038, with an umbral magnitude of −0.5259. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra. 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. Occurring about 2.7 days after perigee (on June 14, 2038, at 11:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
This eclipse will be the second of four penumbral lunar eclipses in 2038, with the others occurring on January 21, July 16, and December 11.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over eastern North America, South America, west and southern Africa, and western Europe, seen rising over western North America and the eastern Pacific Ocean and setting over northeast Africa, eastern Europe, and the Middle East.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+June 17, 2038 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 0.44376 Umbral Magnitude −0.52587 Gamma 1.30828 Sun Right Ascension 05h42m46.1s Sun Declination +23°22'28.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'44.7" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 17h43m28.2s Moon Declination -22°05'07.2" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'14.3" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°59'35.6" ΔT 78.2 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of June–July 2038 June 17Descending node (full moon) July 2Ascending node (new moon) July 16Descending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 111 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 137 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 149
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2038 An annular solar eclipse on January 5. A penumbral lunar eclipse on January 21. A penumbral lunar eclipse on June 17. An annular solar eclipse on July 2. A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 16. A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 11. A total solar eclipse on December 26.
Metonic Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 5, 2042
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 7, 2031
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 12, 2029 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 23, 2047
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 18, 2027 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 17, 2049
Lunar Saros 111 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 5, 2020 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 27, 2056
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 7, 2009 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 28, 2067
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 17, 1951 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 18, 2125
Lunar eclipses of 2038–2042
Saros 111
Tritos series
Series members between 1940 and 2200 1940 Mar 23(Saros 102) 1951 Feb 21(Saros 103) 2027 Jul 18(Saros 110) 2038 Jun 17(Saros 111) 2049 May 17(Saros 112) 2060 Apr 15(Saros 113) 2071 Mar 16(Saros 114) 2082 Feb 13(Saros 115) 2093 Jan 12(Saros 116) 2103 Dec 13(Saros 117) 2114 Nov 12(Saros 118) 2125 Oct 12(Saros 119) 2136 Sep 10(Saros 120) 2147 Aug 11(Saros 121) 2158 Jul 11(Saros 122) 2169 Jun 09(Saros 123) 2180 May 09(Saros 124) 2191 Apr 09(Saros 125)
Inex series
Half-Saros cycle A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 118. June 12, 2029June 23, 2047
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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