June 2029 lunar eclipse


A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, June 26, 2029, with an umbral magnitude of 1.8452. It will be a central lunar eclipse, in which part of the Moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. 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 3.7 days before perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
Totality will last 1 hour, 41 minutes, and 53 seconds, the maximum duration for Saros series 130. The eclipse will plunge the full Moon into deep darkness, as it passes right through the center of the Earth's umbral shadow. While the visual effect of a total eclipse is variable, the Moon may be stained a deep orange or red color at maximum eclipse.
With an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.84520, this will be the largest lunar eclipse of the 21st century. Gamma will have a value of only 0.01240. Due to the Moon's relatively large size as seen from Earth and greater speed in its elliptical orbit, totality will not last over 106 minutes. This will be the darkest total lunar eclipse in the 21st century.
During the eclipse, NGC 6629 will be occulted by the Moon over the Pacific Ocean and South America. Deep-sky objects are rarely occulted during a total eclipse from any given spot on Earth.

Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over eastern North America, South America, and west Africa, seen rising over western and central North America and the eastern Pacific Ocean and setting over Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
ParameterValue
Penumbral Magnitude2.82822
Umbral Magnitude1.84520
Gamma0.01240
Sun Right Ascension06h21m03.1s
Sun Declination+23°20'50.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'44.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension18h21m02.6s
Moon Declination-23°20'06.9"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'00.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°58'44.7"
ΔT73.6 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
June 12
Descending node
June 26
Ascending node
July 11
Descending node
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 118		Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 130		Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 156

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2029

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Lunar Saros 130

Inex

Triad

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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 137.
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