August 2036 lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse August 7, 2036
Ecliptic north up The Moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow.
Saros (and member)	129 (39 of 71)
Gamma	0.2004
Magnitude	1.4544
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	1:35:22
Partial	3:51:17
Penumbral	6:12:06
Contacts (UTC)
P1	23:46:29
U1	0:56:53
U2	2:04:53
Greatest	2:52:32
U3	3:40:11
U4	4:48:11
P4	5:58:35

A total lunar eclipse will take place on August 7, 2036. The southern tip of the Moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. This is the last central lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 129.

Eclipse season

This is the second eclipse this season.

First eclipse this season: Partial solar eclipse of July 23, 2036

Third eclipse this season: Partial solar eclipse of August 21, 2036

Visibility

It will be completely visible over South America, seen as rising over North America, and setting over Africa and Europe.

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2035-2038

Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
114	2035 Feb 22	Penumbral		119	2035 Aug 19	Partial
124	2036 Feb 11	Total		129	2036 Aug 07	Total
134	2037 Jan 31	Total		139	2037 Jul 27	Partial
144	2038 Jan 21	Penumbral		149	2038 Jul 16	Penumbral
Last set	2034 Apr 03			Last set	2034 Sep 28
Next set	2038 Jun 17			Next set	2038 Dec 11

Saros series

Lunar saros series 129, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 71 events, has 11 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on May 24, 1910, and last will be on September 8, 2090. The longest occurrence of this series was on July 16, 2000 when totality lasted 106 minutes and 24.6 seconds.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 2000 Jul 16, lasting 106 minutes.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1351 Jun 10	1513 Sep 15	1910 May 24	1946 Jun 14
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2036 Aug 7	2090 Sep 8	2469 Apr 26	2613 Jul 24

1901–2100

1910 May 24		1928 Jun 3		1946 Jun 14
1964 Jun 25		1982 Jul 6		2000 Jul 16
2018 Jul 27		2036 Aug 7		2054 Aug 18
2072 Aug 28		2090 Sep 8

It last occurred on July 27, 2018 and will next occur on August 18, 2054.

This is the 39th member of Lunar Saros 129. The previous event was the July 2018 lunar eclipse. The next event is the August 2054 lunar eclipse. Lunar Saros 129 contains 11 total lunar eclipses between 1910 and 2090. Solar Saros 136 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros 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). This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 136.

August 2, 2027	August 12, 2045

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

External links

• 2036 Aug 07 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC