A partial lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, June 25 and Friday, June 26, 2048, with an umbral magnitude of 0.6404. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when one part of the Moon is in the Earth's umbra, while the other part is in 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 21 hours after perigee (on June 25, 2048, at 5:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over South America, west and southern Africa, and Antarctica, seen rising over much of North America and setting over Europe, east Africa, and west, central, and south Asia.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+June 25–26, 2048 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 1.58412 Umbral Magnitude 0.64039 Gamma 0.67965 Sun Right Ascension 06h22m31.9s Sun Declination +23°19'54.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'44.1" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 18h22m07.4s Moon Declination -22°38'42.2" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'40.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'11.5" ΔT 84.1 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.
+ Eclipse season of June 2048 June 11Descending node (new moon) June 25–26Ascending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 128 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 140
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2048 A total lunar eclipse on January 1. An annular solar eclipse on June 11. A partial lunar eclipse on June 25–26. A total solar eclipse on December 5. A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 20.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2044 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 13–14, 2052
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 15–16, 2041 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 7, 2055
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2039 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2057
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 27, 2037 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 27, 2059
Lunar Saros 140 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 2030 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 7, 2066
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 2019 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 6, 2077
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 26, 1961 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 28, 2135
Lunar eclipses of 2046–2049
Saros 140
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 147. June 21, 2039July 1, 2057
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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