June 2048 lunar eclipse
A partial lunar eclipse will take place on June 26, 2048. The Moon will be strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse lasting 2 hours and 39 minutes, with 64% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.
| Partial eclipse | |||||||||||||
| Date | 26 June 2048 | ||||||||||||
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| Gamma | 0.6796 | ||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 0.6388[1] | ||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 140 (26 of 77[2]) | ||||||||||||
| Partiality | 159 minutes 10 seconds | ||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 285 minutes 44 seconds | ||||||||||||
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Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 115 | 2046 Jan 22 |
Partial |
120 | 2046 Jul 18 |
Partial | |
| 125 | 2047 Jan 12 |
Total |
130 | 2047 Jul 07 |
Total | |
| 135 | 2048 Jan 01 |
Total |
140 | 2048 Jun 26 |
Partial | |
| 145 | 2048 Dec 20 |
Penumbral |
150 | 2049 Jun 15 |
Penumbral | |
| Last set | 2045 Aug 27 | Last set | 2045 Mar 03 | |||
| Next set | 2049 Nov 09 | Next set | 2049 May 17 | |||
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 147.
| June 21, 2039 | July 1, 2057 |
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
Notes
- For a partial or total lunar eclipse, this value denotes the umbral magnitude. For a penumbral lunar eclipse, this denotes the penumbral magnitude.
- Lunar Saros 140 - Fred Espenak's GSFC Eclipse Canon
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 2048 Jun 26 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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