July 2027 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on July 18, 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.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse July 18, 2027
The moon will imperceptibly dim as it clips the Earth's southern penumbral shadow
Series (and member)	110 (72 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral	0:11:47
Contacts
P1	15:56:57 UTC
Greatest	16:02:53
P4	16:08:45

Visibility

Insofar as it is visible at all, it will be visible over Asia and Australia.

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

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

Saros series

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.

Half-Saros cycle

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 117 on the first and second columns.

July 13, 2018	July 23, 2036	August 3, 2054

Notes

Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 110
Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links

2027 Jul 18 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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[1] Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 110

[2] Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros