August 2055 lunar eclipse
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Partial eclipse | |
Date | August 7, 2055 |
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Gamma | −0.4769 |
Magnitude | −0.9641 |
Saros cycle | 139 (22 of 79) |
A partial lunar eclipse will take place on August 7, 2055. It will last 3 hours, 23 minutes, and 23 seconds.[1]
Visibility[]
Related eclipses[]
Saros cycle[]
Lunar Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 79 lunar eclipse events including 42 umbral lunar eclipses (15 partial lunar eclipses and 27 total lunar eclipses)..
Greatest | First | |||
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The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on , lasting 102 minutes.[2] |
Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
1658 Dec 09 | 1947 Jun 03 | |||
Last | ||||
Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
2488 Apr 26 | 2542 May 30 | 2686 Aug 25 | 3065 Apr 13 |
1947 Jun 03 | |||||
1965 Jun 14 | 1983 Jun 25 | 2001 Jul 05 | |||
2019 Jul 16 | 2037 Jul 27 | 2055 Aug 07 | |||
Lunar year series[]
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
114 | 2053 Mar 04 |
Penumbral |
119 | 2053 Aug 29 |
Penumbral | |
124 | 2054 Feb 22 |
Total |
129 | 2054 Aug 18 |
Total | |
134 | 2055 Feb 11 |
Total |
139 | 2055 Aug 07 |
Partial | |
144 | Penumbral |
149 | Partial | |||
Last set | 2052 Apr 14 | Last set | 2052 Oct 08 | |||
Next set | Next set |
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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 139.
August 2, 2046 | August 12, 2064 |
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References[]
- ^ "Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: 2001 to 2100". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Listing of Eclipses of cycle 139
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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