June 2076 lunar eclipse


A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, June 17, 2076, with an umbral magnitude of 1.7959. It will be a central lunar eclipses|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 1.9 days before perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
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 a gamma value of only −0.0452 and an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.7959, this is the second greatest eclipse in Saros series 131 as well as the largest and darkest lunar eclipse between June 26, 2029 and June 28, 2094. Overall, it will be the third largest and darkest lunar eclipse of the 21st century. While it will have similar values to the lunar eclipse of July 16, 2000, totality will not last over 106 minutes due to the moon's relatively large apparent size as seen from Earth and greater speed in its elliptical orbit.
NGC 6401 will be occulted by the Moon during the eclipse over Eastern North America, Cuba, the Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Europe and the northern half of Africa.

Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over South America, west Africa, and Antarctica, seen rising over North America and the eastern Pacific Ocean and setting over Europe, west and south Asia, and central and east Africa.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
ParameterValue
Penumbral Magnitude2.75698
Umbral Magnitude1.79585
Gamma−0.04518
Sun Right Ascension05h46m08.2s
Sun Declination+23°23'27.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'44.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension17h46m06.8s
Moon Declination-23°26'09.4"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'22.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°00'07.0"
ΔT104.8 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 1, 2076|June 1]
Ascending node
June 17
Descending node
July 1, 2076|July 1]
Ascending node
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 119		Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 131		Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 157

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2076

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Lunar Saros 131

Inex

Triad

Lunar eclipses of 2074–2078

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 February 11, 2074 and August 7, 2074 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the penumbral lunar eclipses on April 27, 2078 and October 21, 2078 occur in the next 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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 138.
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