A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, September 29, 2042, with an umbral magnitude of −0.0011. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra. 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. Occurring only about 9 hours before perigee (on September 29, 2042, at 19:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
Earlier sources compute this as a 0.3% partial eclipse lasting under 12 minutes, but newer calculations list it as a penumbral eclipse that never enters the umbral shadow.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over eastern Australia, northeast Asia, and western North America, seen rising over east Asia and western Australia and setting over eastern North America and South America.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+September 29, 2042 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 0.95481 Umbral Magnitude −0.00105 Gamma −1.02617 Sun Right Ascension 12h23m37.3s Sun Declination -02°33'13.4" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'57.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 00h25m38.7s Moon Declination +01°38'07.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'42.1" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'18.0" ΔT 80.7 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 September–October 2042 September 29Ascending node (full moon) October 14Descending node (new moon) October 28Ascending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 118 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 144 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 156
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2042 A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 5. A total solar eclipse on April 20. A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 29. An annular solar eclipse on October 14. A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 28.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 11, 2038 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 18, 2046
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 19, 2035 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 9, 2049
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 4, 2051
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 30, 2031 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 29, 2053
Lunar Saros 118 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 18, 2024 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 9, 2060
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 18, 2013 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 9, 2071
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 29, 1955 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 31, 2129
Lunar eclipses of 2042–2045
Saros 118
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 125. September 23, 2033October 4, 2051
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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