June 2048 lunar eclipse


A partial lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Friday, June 26, 2048, with an umbral magnitude of 0.6404. 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 only about 21 hours after perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.

Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over South America, west and southern Africa, and Antarctica, seen rising over much of North America and setting over Europe, east Africa, and west, central, and south Asia.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
ParameterValue
Penumbral Magnitude1.58412
Umbral Magnitude0.64039
Gamma0.67965
Sun Right Ascension06h22m31.9s
Sun Declination+23°19'54.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'44.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension18h22m07.4s
Moon Declination-22°38'42.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'40.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'11.5"
ΔT84.1 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.
June 11, 2048|June 11]
Descending node
June 26
Ascending node
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 128
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 140

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2048

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Lunar Saros 140

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 147.
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