| Partial Lunar Eclipse November 30, 2039 | |
|---|---|
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 126 (47 of 72) |
| Gamma | -0.4721 |
| Magnitude | 0.9426 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | 3:26:00 |
| Penumbral | 6:00:05 |
| Contacts (UTC) | |
| P1 | 13:56:25 |
| U1 | 15:13:28 |
| Greatest | 16:56:28 |
| U4 | 18:39:28 |
| P4 | 19:56:31 |
A partial lunar eclipse will take place on November 30, 2039.[1] At 3 hours 26 minutes, it is the longest partial lunar eclipse since November 19, 2021, which is the previous member of Lunar Saros 126.
Visibility edit
Related lunar eclipses edit
Lunar year series (354 days) edit
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 111 | 2038 Jun 17
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Penumbral
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116 | 2038 Dec 11
|
Penumbral
| |
| 121 | 2039 Jun 06
|
Partial
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126 | 2039 Nov 30
|
Partial
| |
| 131 | 2040 May 26
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Total
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136 | 2040 Nov 18
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Total
| |
| 141 | 2041 May 16
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Partial
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146 | 2041 Nov 08
|
Partial
| |
| 156 | 2042 Oct 28
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Penumbral
| ||||
| Last set | 2038 Jul 16 | Last set | 2038 Jan 21 | |||
| Next set | 2042 Apr 05 | Next set | 2042 Sep 29 | |||
Saros series edit
It is part of saros series 126.
Lunar saros series 126, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 70 lunar eclipse events including 14 total lunar eclipses. Solar Saros 133 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.
First penumbral lunar eclipse: 18 July 1228
First partial lunar eclipse: 24 March 1625
First total lunar eclipse: 19 June 1769
First central lunar eclipse: 11 July 1805
Greatest eclipse of the lunar saros 126: 13 August 1859, lasting 106 minutes.
Last central lunar eclipse: 26 September 1931
Last total lunar eclipse: 9 November 2003
Last partial lunar eclipse: 5 June 2346
Last penumbral lunar eclipse: 19 August 2472
1901-2100
Half-Saros cycle edit
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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 133.
| November 25, 2030 | December 5, 2048 |
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See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 126
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links edit
- 2039 Nov 30 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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