Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 18 July 2027 | |
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The moon will imperceptibly dim as it clips the Earth's southern penumbral shadow | |
Series (and member) | 110 (72 of 72) |
Gamma | -1.576 |
Magnitude | 0.0014 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Penumbral | 0:11:47 |
Contacts | |
P1 | 15:56:57 UTC |
Greatest | 16:02:53 |
P4 | 16:08:45 |
A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on Sunday, 18 July 2027. [1] The Moon will barely clip the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow, and the eclipse will be impossible to see in practice. The event is listed as a miss [2] by some sources.
Insofar as it is visible at all, it will be visible over Asia and Australia.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2027–2031 | ||||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | |
110 | 2027 Jul 18 | Penumbral | -1.57589 | 115 | 2028 Jan 12 | Partial | 0.98177 | |
120 | 2028 Jul 06 | Partial | -0.79040 | 125 | 2028 Dec 31 | Total | 0.32583 | |
130 | 2029 Jun 26 | Total | 0.01240 | 135 | 2029 Dec 20 | Total | -0.38110 | |
140 | 2030 Jun 15 | Partial | 0.75346 | 145 | 2030 Dec 09 | Penumbral | -1.07315 | |
150 | 2031 Jun 05 | Penumbral | 1.47322 | |||||
Last set | 2027 Aug 17 | Last set | 2027 Feb 20 | |||||
Next set | 2031 May 07 | Next set | 2031 Oct 30 |
This eclipse is a member of Saros series 110. The previous event occurred on July 7, 2009. This is the last lunar eclipse of this series.
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). [3] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 117.
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