June 2020 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 5 June 2020. It was the second of four penumbral lunar eclipses in 2020.[1]

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5 June 2020

View from Johannesburg, South Africa
19:18 UTC

The moon passes west to east through the earth's southern penumbral shadow.
Series (and member)111 (67 of 71)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral3:18:13
Contacts
P117:45:50 UTC
Greatest19:25:02
P421:04:03

Visibility

It was visible in most parts of Europe (except northern Scandinavia), Asia (except the northeast parts of the Russian Far East), Africa, Australia, eastern parts of South America and Antarctica.


Visibility map

Eclipses of 2020

Lunar year series

Saros series

It is part of Saros cycle 111.

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 118.

June 1, 2011 June 12, 2029

See also

References

  1. 2020 Jun 05 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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