A total lunar eclipse will take place on January 12, 2047.
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| Date | 12 January 2047 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | 0.3317 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.2341[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 125 (50 of 72[2]) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 70 minutes | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 208 minutes 53 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 337 minutes 13 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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Visibility
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Related lunar eclipses
editLunar year series
edit| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 115 | 2046 Jan 22
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Partial
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120 | 2046 Jul 18
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Partial
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| 125 | 2047 Jan 12
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Total
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130 | 2047 Jul 07
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Total
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| 135 | 2048 Jan 01
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Total
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140 | 2048 Jun 26
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Partial
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| 145 | 2048 Dec 20
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Penumbral
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150 | 2049 Jun 15
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Penumbral
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| Last set | 2045 Aug 27 | Last set | 2045 Mar 03 | |||
| Next set | 2049 Nov 09 | Next set | 2049 May 17 | |||
Half-Saros cycle
editA 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 132.
| January 5, 2038 | January 16, 2056 |
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See also
editNotes
edit- ^ For a partial or total lunar eclipse, this value denotes the umbral magnitude. For a penumbral lunar eclipse, this denotes the penumbral magnitude.
- ^ Lunar Saros 125 - Fred Espenak's GSFC Eclipse Canon
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
edit- 2047 Jan 12 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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