A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Friday, July 17, 2065, with an umbral magnitude of 1.6628. It will be a central lunar eclipse, in which part of the Moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. 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 4.2 days after perigee (on July 14, 2065, at 13:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over south and east Asia, Australia, and Antarctica, seen rising over much of Africa, Europe, and west and central Asia and setting over northeast Asia and the central Pacific Ocean.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+July 17, 2065 lunar eclipse parameters Parameter Value Penumbral magnitude 2.59069 Umbral magnitude 1.61381 Gamma −0.14023 Sun right ascension 07h50m48.2s Sun declination +20°59'34.9" Sun semi-diameter 15'44.3" Sun equatorial horizontal parallax 08.7" Moon right ascension 19h50m58.2s Moon declination -21°07'32.3" Moon semi-diameter 16'06.6" Moon equatorial horizontal parallax 0°59'07.5" ΔT 96.0 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 July–August 2065 July 3Descending node (new moon) July 17Ascending node (full moon) August 2Descending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 118 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 130 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 156
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2065 A total lunar eclipse on January 22 A partial solar eclipse on February 5 A partial solar eclipse on July 3 A total lunar eclipse on July 17 A partial solar eclipse on August 2 A partial solar eclipse on December 27
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2061 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 6, 2069
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 6, 2058 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 29, 2072
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 12, 2056 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2074
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 18, 2054 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 17, 2076
Lunar Saros 130 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 7, 2047 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 29, 2083
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 7, 2036 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 28, 2094
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 16, 1978 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 18, 2152
Lunar eclipses of 2064–2067 This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
The penumbral lunar eclipses on May 28, 2067 and November 21, 2067 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2064 to 2067 Descending node Ascending node Saros DateViewing TypeChart Gamma Saros DateViewing TypeChart Gamma 115 2064 Feb 02Partial 0.9969 120 2064 Jul 28Partial −0.9473 1252065 Jan 22Total 0.3371 130 2065 Jul 17Total −0.1402 135 2066 Jan 11Total −0.3687 1402066 Jul 07Partial 0.6055 145 2066 Dec 31Penumbral −1.0539 150 2067 Jun 27Penumbral 1.3394
Saros 130
Tritos series
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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 137. July 12, 2056July 24, 2074
See also List of lunar eclipses List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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