A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Thursday, June 6, 2058, with an umbral magnitude of 1.6628. 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 about 1.6 days before perigee (on June 8, 2058, at 9:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
During the eclipse, IC 4634 will be occulted by the Moon over Antarctica. Deep-sky objects are rarely occulted during a total eclipse from any given spot on Earth.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over east Africa, Antarctica, west, central, and south Asia, and western Australia, seen rising over west Africa, Europe, and eastern South America and setting over east Asia and eastern Australia.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+June 6, 2058 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 2.62261 Umbral Magnitude 1.66277 Gamma −0.11810 Sun Right Ascension 05h00m41.7s Sun Declination +22°43'57.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'45.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 17h00m35.5s Moon Declination -22°50'55.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'25.3" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'16.2" ΔT 90.8 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 May–June 2058 May 22Ascending node (new moon) June 6Descending node (full moon) June 21Ascending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 119 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 131 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 157
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2058 A partial solar eclipse on May 22. A total lunar eclipse on June 6. A partial solar eclipse on June 21. A partial solar eclipse on November 16. A total lunar eclipse on November 30.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 18, 2054 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2062
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 26, 2051 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 2065
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2049 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2067
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 7, 2047 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 6, 2069
Lunar Saros 131 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2040 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 17, 2076
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 26, 2029 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 17, 2087
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 6, 1971 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 7, 2145
Lunar eclipses of 2056–2060
Saros 131
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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 138. May 31, 2049June 11, 2067
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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