April 2099 lunar eclipse


A partial lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Sunday, April 5, 2099, with an umbral magnitude of 0.1680. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when one part of the Moon is in the Earth's umbra, while the other part is in 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 1.4 days after perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.

Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over North America, western South America, and the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, seen rising over northeast Asia and Australia and setting over eastern South America.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
ParameterValue
Penumbral Magnitude1.13534
Umbral Magnitude0.16996
Gamma−0.93038
Sun Right Ascension00h58m32.6s
Sun Declination+06°14'54.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'59.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.8"
Moon Right Ascension12h56m44.9s
Moon Declination-07°04'45.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'34.0"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°00'48.0"
ΔT126.2 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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.
March 21
Ascending node
April 5
Descending node
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 131
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 143

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2099

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Lunar Saros 143

Inex

Triad

Lunar eclipses of 2096–2099

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
The penumbral lunar eclipses on June 6, 2096 and November 29, 2096 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days. This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 150.
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