A partial lunar eclipse will take place on June 26, 2048.
| Partial eclipse | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 26 June 2048 | ||||||||||||
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| Gamma | 0.6796 | ||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 0.6388[1] | ||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 140 (26 of 77[2]) | ||||||||||||
| Partiality | 159 minutes 10 seconds | ||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 285 minutes 44 seconds | ||||||||||||
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Description
The Moon will be strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse lasting 2 hours and 39 minutes, with 63.88% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | |
| 115 | 2046 Jan 22 | Partial | 120 | 2046 Jul 18 | Partial | |
| 125 | 2047 Jan 12 | Total | 130 | 2047 Jul 07 | Total | |
| 135 | 2048 Jan 01 | Total | 140 | 2048 Jun 26 | Partial | |
| 145 | 2048 Dec 20 | Penumbral | 150 | 2049 Jun 15 | Penumbral | |
| Last set | 2045 Aug 27 | Last set | 2045 Mar 03 | |||
| Next set | 2049 Nov 09 | Next set | 2049 May 17 | |||
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 147.
| June 21, 2039 | July 1, 2057 |
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See also
Notes
External links
- 2048 Jun 26 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC