A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, June 17, 2076, with an umbral magnitude of 1.7959. 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 1.9 days before perigee (on June 18, 2076, at 20:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
While the visual effect of a total eclipse is variable, the Moon may be stained a deep orange or red color at maximum eclipse. With a gamma value of only −0.0452 and an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.7959, this is the second greatest eclipse in Saros series 131 as well as the largest and darkest lunar eclipse between June 26, 2029 and June 28, 2094. Overall, it will be the third largest and darkest lunar eclipse of the 21st century. While it will have similar values to the lunar eclipse of July 16, 2000, totality will not last over 106 minutes due to the moon's relatively large apparent size as seen from Earth and greater speed in its elliptical orbit.
NGC 6401 will be occulted by the Moon during the eclipse over Eastern North America, Cuba, the Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Europe and the northern half of Africa.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over South America, west Africa, and Antarctica, seen rising over North America and the eastern Pacific Ocean and setting over Europe, west and south Asia, and central and east Africa.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+June 17, 2076 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 2.75698 Umbral Magnitude 1.79585 Gamma −0.04518 Sun Right Ascension 05h46m08.2s Sun Declination +23°23'27.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'44.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 17h46m06.8s Moon Declination -23°26'09.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'22.8" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'07.0" ΔT 104.8 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 June–July 2076 June 1Ascending node (new moon) June 17Descending node (full moon) July 1Ascending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 119 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 131 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 157
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2076 A total solar eclipse on January 6. A partial solar eclipse on June 1. A total lunar eclipse on June 17. A partial solar eclipse on July 1. A partial solar eclipse on November 26. A total lunar eclipse on December 10.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 28, 2072 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 2080
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 6, 2069 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 29, 2083
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2067 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 22, 2085
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 2065 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 17, 2087
Lunar Saros 131 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 6, 2058 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 28, 2094
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 7, 2047 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 28, 2105
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 16, 1989 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 19, 2163
Lunar eclipses of 2074–2078 This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
The penumbral lunar eclipses on February 11, 2074 and August 7, 2074 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the penumbral lunar eclipses on April 27, 2078 and October 21, 2078 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2074 to 2078 Descending node Ascending node Saros DateViewing TypeChart Gamma Saros DateViewing TypeChart Gamma 111 2074 Jul 08Penumbral 1.4456 116 2075 Jan 02Penumbral −1.1642 121 2075 Jun 28Partial 0.6897 126 2075 Dec 22Partial −0.4945 131 2076 Jun 17Total −0.0452 1362076 Dec 10Total 0.2102 141 2077 Jun 06Partial −0.8387 146 2077 Nov 29Partial 0.8854 156 2078 Nov 19Penumbral 1.5147
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. June 11, 2067June 22, 2085
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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