A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, November 8, 2060, with an umbral magnitude of −0.9356. 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 11 hours after perigee (on November 7, 2060, at 17:15 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
This eclipse will be too small to be visually perceptible.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over North and South America, West Africa, Europe, and northern Russia.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+November 8, 2060 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 0.02860 Umbral Magnitude −0.93560 Gamma 1.53318 Sun Right Ascension 14h56m11.8s Sun Declination -16°46'13.7" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'08.5" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 02h53m43.2s Moon Declination +18°13'31.2" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'44.5" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'26.6" ΔT 92.5 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of October–November 2060 October 9Ascending node (full moon) October 24Descending node (new moon) November 8Ascending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 118 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 144 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 156
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2060 A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 15. A total solar eclipse on April 30. A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 9. An annular solar eclipse on October 24. A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 8.
Lunar Saros 156 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 28, 2042 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 19, 2078
Triad Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 9, 2147
Lunar eclipses of 2056–2060
Metonic series
Tritos series
Series members between 1801 and 2060 1809 Oct 23(Saros 133) 1820 Sep 22(Saros 134) 1831 Aug 23(Saros 135) 1842 Jul 22(Saros 136) 1853 Jun 21(Saros 137) 1864 May 21(Saros 138) 1875 Apr 20(Saros 139) 1886 Mar 20(Saros 140) 1897 Feb 17(Saros 141) 1908 Jan 18(Saros 142) 1918 Dec 17(Saros 143) 1929 Nov 17(Saros 144) 1940 Oct 16(Saros 145) 1951 Sep 15(Saros 146) 1962 Aug 15(Saros 147) 1973 Jul 15(Saros 148) 1984 Jun 13(Saros 149) 2060 Nov 08(Saros 156)
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