A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, January 1, 2048, with an umbral magnitude of 1.1297. 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 4.4 days after apogee (on December 27, 2047, at 21:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
This will be the first recorded lunar eclipse to be visible on New Year's Day for nearly all of Earth's timezones. The next such eclipse will occur in 2094.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over North America and western South America, seen rising over east and northeast Asia and eastern Australia and setting over much of Africa and Europe.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+January 1, 2048 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 2.21576 Umbral Magnitude 1.12966 Gamma −0.37456 Sun Right Ascension 18h45m45.0s Sun Declination -23°01'00.1" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 06h45m29.1s Moon Declination +22°40'44.8" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'58.6" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'57.7" ΔT 83.8 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.
+ Eclipse season of December 2047–January 2048 December 16Ascending node (new moon) January 1Descending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 123 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 135
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2048 A total lunar eclipse on January 1. An annular solar eclipse on June 11. A partial lunar eclipse on June 26. A total solar eclipse on December 5. A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 20.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 2044 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 19, 2051
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 2040 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2055
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2038 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2057
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 31, 2037 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 30, 2058
Lunar Saros 135 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 20, 2029 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 11, 2066
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 21, 2019 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 10, 2076
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 2, 1961 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 2, 2134
Lunar eclipses of 2046–2049
Saros 135
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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 142. December 26, 2038January 5, 2057
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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