A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, August 6 and Thursday, August 7, 2036, with an umbral magnitude of 1.4556. It will be a central lunar eclipse, in which part of the Moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring only about 11 hours after apogee (on August 6, 2036, at 16:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
This is the last central lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 129.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over South America and west Africa, seen rising over much of North America and the eastern Pacific Ocean and setting over Africa, Europe, and west, central, and south Asia.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+August 7, 2036 lunar eclipse parameters Parameter Value Penumbral magnitude 2.52786 Umbral magnitude 1.45557 Gamma 0.20044 Sun right ascension 09h10m39.1s Sun declination +16°16'20.8" Sun semi-diameter 15'46.3" Sun equatorial horizontal parallax 08.7" Moon right ascension 21h10m30.3s Moon declination -16°05'44.3" Moon semi-diameter 14'42.5" Moon equatorial horizontal parallax 0°53'58.8" ΔT 77.2 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of July–August 2036 July 23Ascending node (new moon) August 7Descending node (full moon) August 21Ascending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 117 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 129 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 155
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2036 A total lunar eclipse on February 11 A partial solar eclipse on February 27 A partial solar eclipse on July 23 A total lunar eclipse on August 7 A partial solar eclipse on August 21
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 18, 2032 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2040
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 26, 2029 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 19, 2043
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2027 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2045
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2025 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 7, 2047
Lunar Saros 129 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 27, 2018 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 18, 2054
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 28, 2007 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 2065
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 7, 1949 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 9, 2123
Lunar eclipses of 2035–2038
Saros 129
Tritos series
Inex series
Half-Saros cycle A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 136. August 2, 2027August 12, 2045
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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