A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on September 29, 2042. Earlier sources compute this as a 0.3% partial eclipse lasting under 12 minutes,[3] but newer calculations list it as a penumbral eclipse that never enters the umbral shadow.
| Penumbral eclipse | |||||||||
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| Date | 29 September 2042 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamma | −1.0261 | ||||||||
| Magnitude | 0.9528[1] | ||||||||
| Saros cycle | 118 (53 of 73[2]) | ||||||||
| Penumbral | 238 minutes 32 seconds | ||||||||
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Related lunar eclipses edit
Lunar year series edit
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 113 | 2042 Apr 05
|
Penumbral
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118 | 2042 Sep 29
|
Penumbral
| |
| 123 | 2043 Mar 25
|
Total
|
128 | 2043 Sep 19
|
Total
| |
| 133 | 2044 Mar 13
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Total
|
138 | 2044 Sep 07
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Total
| |
| 143 | 2045 Mar 03
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Penumbral
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148 | 2045 Aug 27
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Penumbral
| |
| Last set | 2041 May 16 | Last set | 2042 Nov 08 | |||
| Next set | 2046 Jan 22 | Next set | 2046 Jul 18 | |||
Tzolkinex edit
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of August 19, 2035
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of November 9, 2049
See also edit
References edit
- ^ For a partial or total lunar eclipse, this value denotes the umbral magnitude. For a penumbral lunar eclipse, this denotes the penumbral magnitude.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 118". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
- ^ "Extremes of Lunar Eclipse from 1900 to 2100". www.hko.gov.hk.
External links edit
- 2042 Sep 29 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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