August 2045 lunar eclipse


A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Sunday, August 27, 2045, with an umbral magnitude of −0.3899. 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 1.6 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.

Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over east Asia and Australia, seen rising over east Africa and west, central, and south Asia and setting over western North America.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
ParameterValue
Penumbral Magnitude0.68449
Umbral Magnitude−0.38987
Gamma1.20606
Sun Right Ascension10h26m15.1s
Sun Declination+09°46'56.3"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'49.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension22h24m15.1s
Moon Declination-08°48'49.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'44.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°54'04.7"
ΔT82.4 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.
August 12
Descending node
August 27
Ascending node
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 136
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 148

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2045

Saros 148

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. This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 155.
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