A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Friday, August 29, 2053, with an umbral magnitude of −0.0319. It will be a relatively rare total penumbral lunar eclipse, with the Moon passing entirely within the penumbral shadow without entering the darker umbral shadow.Total Penumbral Lunar Eclipses, Jean Meeus, June 1980 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 4.7 days after apogee (on August 24, 2053, at 14:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over much of North America and western South America, seen rising over northeast Asia and Australia and setting over eastern South America and west Africa.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+August 29, 2053 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 1.02028 Umbral Magnitude −0.03187 Gamma 1.01651 Sun Right Ascension 10h32m52.4s Sun Declination +09°08'07.1" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'50.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 22h31m49.7s Moon Declination -08°14'09.0" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'03.1" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'14.5" ΔT 87.5 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 August–September 2053 August 29Descending node (full moon) September 12Ascending node (new moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 119 Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 145
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2053 A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 4. An annular solar eclipse on March 20. A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 29. A total solar eclipse on September 12.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 9, 2049 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 17, 2057
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 18, 2046 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 9, 2060
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2042 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 28, 2064
Lunar Saros 119 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 19, 2035 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 9, 2071
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 18, 2024 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 8, 2082
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 29, 1966 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 30, 2140
Lunar eclipses of 2053–2056
Saros 119
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 solar eclipses of Solar Saros 126. August 23, 2044September 3, 2062
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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