June 1983 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse took place on June 25, 1983. The Earth's shadow on the moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 33% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 15 minutes.[1]

Partial Lunar Eclipse
June 25, 1983
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series139 (20 of 81)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1UTC
U1
Greatest
U4
P4

Visibility

It was completely visible over Australia, Pacific and the Americas.

Lunar year 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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 146.

June 20, 1974 June 30, 1992

Saros cycle

Lunar Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 79 lunar eclipse events including 27 total lunar eclipses.

First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1658 Dec 09

First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1947 Jun 03

First Total Lunar Eclipse: 2073 Aug 17

First Central Lunar Eclipse: 2109 Sep 09

Greatest Eclipse of Lunar Saros 139: 2199 Nov 02

Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 2488 Apr 26

Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2542 May 30

Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2686 Aug 25

Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 3065 Apr 13

See also

Notes
  1. Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 139
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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