A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, October 28, 2042. with an umbral magnitude of −0.9738. 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 only about 12 hours before perigee (on October 28, 2042, at 7:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
This event marks the beginning of lunar saros cycle 156 according to some sources, and will be visually imperceptible to the naked eye. Many other sources denote this eclipse as a miss.Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 156
According to some sources, it will be the last of 5 metonic cycle eclipses occurring every 19 years on October 28, while the other sources calculate the Moon will miss the shadow.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over much of Africa, Europe, Asia, and western Australia.
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 September–October 2042 September 29Ascending node (full moon) October 14Descending node (new moon) October 28Ascending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 118 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 144 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 156
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2042 A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 5. A total solar eclipse on April 20. A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 29. An annular solar eclipse on October 14. A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 28.
Lunar Saros 156 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 8, 2060
Lunar eclipses of 2038–2042
Metonic series
Tritos series
Series members between 1801 and 2042 1802 Sep 11(Saros 134) 1813 Aug 12(Saros 135) 1824 Jul 11(Saros 136) 1835 Jun 10(Saros 137) 1846 May 11(Saros 138) 1857 Apr 09(Saros 139) 1868 Mar 08(Saros 140) 1879 Feb 07(Saros 141) 1890 Jan 06(Saros 142) 1900 Dec 06(Saros 143) 1911 Nov 06(Saros 144) 1922 Oct 06(Saros 145) 1933 Sep 04(Saros 146) 1944 Aug 04(Saros 147) 2042 Oct 28(Saros 156)
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses February 1951 lunar eclipse August 2016 lunar eclipse
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