June 2048 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse
Date26 June 2048
Gamma0.6796
Magnitude0.6388[1]
Saros cycle140 (26 of 77[2])
Partiality159 minutes 10 seconds
Penumbral285 minutes 44 seconds
Contacts (UTC)
P123:38:05 (June 25)
U100:41:21 (June 26)
Greatest02:00:57
U403:20:30
P404:23:49

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

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2046-2049
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

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ For a partial or total lunar eclipse, this value denotes the umbral magnitude. For a penumbral lunar eclipse, this denotes the penumbral magnitude.
  2. ↑ Lunar Saros 140 - Fred Espenak's GSFC Eclipse Canon
  3. ↑ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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