A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, June 28, 2094, with an umbral magnitude of 1.8249. 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 30, 2094, at 7:50 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 0.0288 and an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.8249, this is the greatest eclipse in Lunar Saros 131 as well as the second largest and darkest lunar eclipse of the 21st century.
During the eclipse, NGC 6629 will be occulted by the Moon over Northeast Australia and the Pacific Ocean; NGC 6642 will be occulted by the Moon over New Guinea, Northern Australia and the Pacific Ocean. Deep-sky objects are rarely occulted during a total eclipse from any given spot on Earth.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over eastern Australia, Antarctica, and the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, seen rising over east Asia and western Australia and setting over North and South America.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+June 28, 2094 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 2.78793 Umbral Magnitude 1.82485 Gamma 0.02882 Sun Right Ascension 06h31m43.3s Sun Declination +23°13'34.7" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'44.1" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 18h31m43.6s Moon Declination -23°11'51.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'20.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°59'57.5" ΔT 121.4 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 2094 June 13Ascending node (new moon) June 28Descending node (full moon) July 12Ascending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 119 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 131 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 157
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2094 A partial lunar eclipse on January 1. A total solar eclipse on January 16. A partial solar eclipse on June 13. A total lunar eclipse on June 28. A partial solar eclipse on July 12. A partial solar eclipse on December 7. A total lunar eclipse on December 21.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 8, 2090 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2098
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 17, 2087 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 9, 2101
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 22, 2085 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 4, 2103
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 29, 2083 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 28, 2105
Lunar Saros 131 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 17, 2076 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 9, 2112
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 2065 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 9, 2123
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 28, 2007 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 29, 2181
Lunar eclipses of 2092–2096 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 23, 2092 and August 17, 2092 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the penumbral lunar eclipses on May 7, 2096 and October 31, 2096 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2092 to 2096 Descending node Ascending node Saros DateViewing TypeChart Gamma Saros DateViewing TypeChart Gamma 111 2092 Jul 19Penumbral 1.5131 116 2093 Jan 12Penumbral −1.1733 121 2093 Jul 08Partial 0.7632 126 2094 Jan 01Partial −0.5024 131 2094 Jun 28Total 0.0288 1362094 Dec 21Total 0.2016 141 2095 Jun 17Partial −0.7653 146 2095 Dec 11Partial 0.8742 151 2096 Jun 06Penumbral −1.5723 156 2096 Nov 29Penumbral 1.5017
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 22, 2085July 4, 2103
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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