| Partial Lunar Eclipse June 15, 2030 | |
|---|---|
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 140 (26 of 80) |
| Gamma | 0.7534 |
| Magnitude | 0.5025 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | 2:24:22 |
| Penumbral | 4:38:14 |
| Contacts UTC | |
| P1 | 16:15:28 |
| U1 | 17:22:22 |
| Greatest | 18:34:34 |
| U4 | 19:46:46 |
| P4 | 20:53:40 |
A partial lunar eclipse will take place on Saturday, June 15, 2030. [1]
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 2027–2031 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | |
| 110 | 2027 Jul 18  | Penumbral | 115 | 2028 Jan 12  | Partial | |
| 120 | 2028 Jul 06  | Partial | 125 | 2028 Dec 31  | Total | |
| 130 | 2029 Jun 26  | Total | 135 | 2029 Dec 20  | Total | |
| 140 | 2030 Jun 15  | Partial | 145 | 2030 Dec 09  | Penumbral | |
| 150 | 2031 Jun 05  | Penumbral | ||||
| Last set | 2027 Aug 17 | Last set | 2027 Feb 20 | |||
| Next set | 2031 May 07 | Next set | 2031 Oct 30 | |||
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). [2] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 147.
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A total lunar eclipse took place on Friday, February 9, 1990, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1990.
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A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node on 27 July 2018. The Moon passed through the center of Earth's shadow in what was the first central lunar eclipse since 15 June 2011. It was also the second total lunar eclipse in 2018, after the one on 31 January. It was the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century, but not the longest in the 3rd millennium. The longest total lunar eclipse of the 3rd millennium will occur on May 12, 2264, lasting 106 minutes and 13.2 seconds, which will be the longest total lunar eclipse since 2000, and the longest one until 3107.
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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, January 30, 1991, the first of four lunar eclipses in 1991.
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