December 2029 lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse December 20, 2029
Ecliptic north up The Moon will not pass through the center of the Earth's shadow.
Saros (and member)	135 (24 of 71)
Gamma	-0.3811
Magnitude	1.1174
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	53:44
Partial	3:33:18
Penumbral	5:58:00
Contacts (UTC)
P1	19:44:12
U1	20:56:33
U2	22:16:21
Greatest	22:43:12
U3	23:10:03
U4	0.29:51
P4	1:42:12

A total lunar eclipse will take place between Thursday and Friday, December 20-21, 2029.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2027–2031
Ascending node					Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
110	2027 Jul 18	Penumbral	-1.57589		115	2028 Jan 12	Partial	0.98177
120	2028 Jul 06	Partial	-0.79040		125	2028 Dec 31	Total	0.32583
130	2029 Jun 26	Total	0.01240		135	2029 Dec 20	Total	-0.38110
140	2030 Jun 15	Partial	0.75346		145	2030 Dec 09	Penumbral	-1.07315
150	2031 Jun 05	Penumbral	1.47322
Last set	2027 Aug 17				Last set	2027 Feb 20
Next set	2031 May 07				Next set	2031 Oct 30

Metonic series (19 years)

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will be in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

Ascending node	Descending node
1991 Jun 27 - penumbral (110) 2010 Jun 26 - partial (120) 2029 Jun 26 - total (130) 2048 Jun 26 - partial (140) 2067 Jun 27 - penumbral (150)	1991 Dec 21 - partial (115) 2010 Dec 21 - total (125) 2029 Dec 20 - total (135) 2048 Dec 20 - partial (145)

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 142.

December 14, 2020	December 26, 2038

See also

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

External links

• 2029 Dec 20 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC