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) | |
| Penumbral | 3:18:13 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 17:45:50 UTC |
| Greatest | 19:25:02 |
| P4 | 21:04:03 |
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.
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 Visibility map |
Gallery
San Jose del Monte, Philippines, 18:51 UTC
Hefei, China, 19:25 UTC
Surabaya, Indonesia, 19:25 UTC_on_June_6%252C_2020.jpg.webp)
Nakhodka, Russia, 19:26 UTC.jpg.webp)
Moscow, Russia, 19:33 UTC.jpg.webp)
Cepu, Indonesia, 19:39 UTC
Logroño, Spain, 19:56 UTC
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2020
Lunar year series
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 2020–2023 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
| Saros | Date | Type Viewing |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
| 111 |
2020 Jun 05 |
Penumbral |
1.24063 | 116 |
2020 Nov 30 |
Penumbral |
-1.13094 | |
| 121 | 2021 May 26 |
Total |
0.47741 | 126 | 2021 Nov 19 |
Partial |
-0.45525 | |
| 131 | 2022 May 16 |
Total |
-0.25324 | 136 | 2022 Nov 08 |
Total |
0.25703 | |
| 141 | 2023 May 05 |
Penumbral |
-1.03495 | 146 | 2023 Oct 28 |
Partial |
0.94716 | |
| Last set | 2020 Jul 05 | Last set | 2020 Jan 10 | |||||
| Next set | 2024 Mar 25 | Next set | 2024 Sep 18 | |||||
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 |
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
References
- 2020 Jun 05 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
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