June 2094 lunar eclipse


A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, June 28, 2094, with an umbral magnitude of 1.8249. 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 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 0.0288 and an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.8249, this is the greatest eclipse in Lunar Saros 131 as well as the second largest and darkest lunar eclipse of the 21st century.
During the eclipse, NGC 6629 will be occulted by the Moon over Northeast Australia and the Pacific Ocean; NGC 6642 will be occulted by the Moon over New Guinea, Northern Australia and the Pacific Ocean. 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 Australia, Antarctica, and the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, seen rising over east Asia and western Australia and setting over North and 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 Magnitude2.78793
Umbral Magnitude1.82485
Gamma0.02882
Sun Right Ascension06h31m43.3s
Sun Declination+23°13'34.7"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'44.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension18h31m43.6s
Moon Declination-23°11'51.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'20.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°59'57.5"
ΔT121.4 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
June 13
Ascending node
June 28
Descending node
July 12
Ascending node
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 119		Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 131		Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 157

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2094

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 23, 2092 and August 17, 2092 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the penumbral lunar eclipses on May 7, 2096 and October 31, 2096 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 131

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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 138.
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