June 2048 lunar eclipse
| Partial eclipse | |||||||||||||
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| 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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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 63.88% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.
Visibility
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Related lunar eclipses
[edit]Lunar year series
[edit]| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 115 | 2046 Jan 22
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Partial
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120 | 2046 Jul 18
|
Partial
| |
| 125 | 2047 Jan 12
|
Total
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130 | 2047 Jul 07
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Total
| |
| 135 | 2048 Jan 01
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Total
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140 | 2048 Jun 26
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Partial
| |
| 145 | 2048 Dec 20
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Penumbral
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150 | 2049 Jun 15
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Penumbral
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| Last set | 2045 Aug 27 | Last set | 2045 Mar 03 | |||
| Next set | 2049 Nov 09 | Next set | 2049 May 17 | |||
Half-Saros cycle
[edit]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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 2048 Jun 26 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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