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June 2094 lunar eclipse

June 2094 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
DateJune 28, 2094
Gamma0.0288
Magnitude1.8249
Saros cycle131 (38 of 72)
Totality100 minutes, 36 seconds
Partiality235 minutes, 42 seconds
Penumbral326 minutes, 27 seconds
Contacts (UTC)
P17:15:31
U18:10:57
U29:08:29
Greatest9:58:47
U310:49:06
U411:46:39
P412:41:59
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A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, June 28, 2094,[1] 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 (on June 30, 2094, at 7:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]

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.

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.[3]

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[4]

June 28, 2094 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Penumbral Magnitude 2.78793
Umbral Magnitude 1.82485
Gamma 0.02882
Sun Right Ascension 06h31m43.3s
Sun Declination +23°13'34.7"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'44.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7"
Moon Right Ascension 18h31m43.6s
Moon Declination -23°11'51.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter 16'20.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°59'57.5"
ΔT 121.4 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) 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.

Eclipse season of June–July 2094
June 13
Ascending node (new moon)
June 28
Descending node (full moon)
July 12
Ascending node (new moon)
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 119
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 131
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 157

Eclipses in 2094

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Lunar Saros 131

Inex

Triad

Lunar eclipses of 2092–2096

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 (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[5]

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.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2092 to 2096
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
111 2092 Jul 19
Penumbral
1.5131 116 2093 Jan 12
Penumbral
−1.1733
121 2093 Jul 08
Partial
0.7632 126 2094 Jan 01
Partial
−0.5024
131 2094 Jun 28
Total
0.0288 136 2094 Dec 21
Total
0.2016
141 2095 Jun 17
Partial
−0.7653 146 2095 Dec 11
Partial
0.8742
151 2096 Jun 06
Penumbral
−1.5723 156 2096 Nov 29
Penumbral
1.5017

Saros 131

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 131, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on May 10, 1427. It contains partial eclipses from July 25, 1553 through March 22, 1932; total eclipses from April 2, 1950 through September 3, 2202; and a second set of partial eclipses from September 13, 2220 through April 9, 2563. The series ends at member 72 as a penumbral eclipse on July 7, 2707.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 38 at 100 minutes, 36 seconds on June 28, 2094. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[6]

Greatest First

The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2094 Jun 28, lasting 100 minutes, 36 seconds.[7]
Penumbral Partial Total Central
1427 May 10
1553 Jul 25
1950 Apr 02
2022 May 16
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
2148 Jul 31
2202 Sep 03
2563 Apr 09
2707 Jul 07

Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
1810 Sep 13
(Saros 105)
1821 Aug 13
(Saros 106)
1832 Jul 12
(Saros 107)
1843 Jun 12
(Saros 108)
1854 May 12
(Saros 109)
1865 Apr 11
(Saros 110)
1876 Mar 10
(Saros 111)
1887 Feb 08
(Saros 112)
1898 Jan 08
(Saros 113)
1908 Dec 07
(Saros 114)
1919 Nov 07
(Saros 115)
1930 Oct 07
(Saros 116)
1941 Sep 05
(Saros 117)
1952 Aug 05
(Saros 118)
1963 Jul 06
(Saros 119)
1974 Jun 04
(Saros 120)
1985 May 04
(Saros 121)
1996 Apr 04
(Saros 122)
2007 Mar 03
(Saros 123)
2018 Jan 31
(Saros 124)
2028 Dec 31
(Saros 125)
2039 Nov 30
(Saros 126)
2050 Oct 30
(Saros 127)
2061 Sep 29
(Saros 128)
2072 Aug 28
(Saros 129)
2083 Jul 29
(Saros 130)
2094 Jun 28
(Saros 131)
2105 May 28
(Saros 132)
2116 Apr 27
(Saros 133)
2127 Mar 28
(Saros 134)
2138 Feb 24
(Saros 135)
2149 Jan 23
(Saros 136)
2159 Dec 24
(Saros 137)
2170 Nov 23
(Saros 138)
2181 Oct 22
(Saros 139)
2192 Sep 21
(Saros 140)

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[8] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 138.

June 22, 2085 July 4, 2103

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "June 27–28, 2094 Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon)". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Total Lunar Eclipse of 2094 Jun 28" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Total Lunar Eclipse of 2094 Jun 28". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  5. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  6. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 131". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  7. ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 131
  8. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros