A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, June 15, 2049, with an umbral magnitude of −0.6970. 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 23.5 hours before perigee (on June 16, 2049, at 18:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over central and east Africa, eastern Europe, much of Asia, Australia, and Antarctica, seen rising over west Africa and western Europe and setting over northeast Asia and the western Pacific Ocean.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+June 15, 2049 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 0.25260 Umbral Magnitude −0.69700 Gamma 1.40692 Sun Right Ascension 05h38m45.5s Sun Declination +23°20'31.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'44.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 17h38m24.2s Moon Declination -21°55'02.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'34.9" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'51.4" ΔT 84.8 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 May–June 2049 May 17Ascending node (full moon) May 31Descending node (new moon) June 15Ascending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 112 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 138 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 150
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2049 A penumbral lunar eclipse on May 17. An annular solar eclipse on May 31. A penumbral lunar eclipse on June 15. A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 9. A hybrid solar eclipse on November 25.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 27, 2045
Tzolkinex Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 26, 2056
Half-Saros Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2058
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 2038
Lunar Saros 150 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 5, 2031 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 27, 2067
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 5, 2020
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 15, 1962 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 16, 2136
Lunar eclipses of 2049–2052
Saros 150
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 one partial solar eclipse of Solar Saros 157. June 21, 2058
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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