January 2020 lunar eclipse

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January 2020 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 2020-01-10-single.jpg
Near greatest eclipse in Austria, 19:10 UT
Date10 January 2020
Gamma1.0726
Magnitude0.8956
Saros cycle114 (16 of 71)
Penumbral244 minutes, 34 seconds
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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 10 January 2020. It was the first of four penumbral lunar eclipses in 2020.

Visibility[]

Lunar eclipse from moon-2020Jan10.png Lunar eclipse chart close-2020Jan10.png
Visibility Lunar Eclipse 2020-01-10.png
Visibility map

Gallery[]

  • Oria, Italy, 18:09 UTC

  • San Jose del Monte, Philippines, 18:47 UTC

  • Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19:03 UTC

  • Ham, Belgium, 19:08 UTC

  • Tilehurst, England, 19:10 UTC

  • Mosul, Iraq, 19:29 UTC

  • Pamplona, Spain, 20:19 UTC

  • Eclipse sequence from Austria, 18:10–20:10 UTC

Related eclipses[]

Eclipses of 2020[]

  • A penumbral lunar eclipse on 10 January.
  • A penumbral lunar eclipse on 5 June.
  • An annular solar eclipse on 21 June.
  • A penumbral lunar eclipse on 5 July.
  • A penumbral lunar eclipse on 30 November.
  • A total solar eclipse on 14 December.

Tzolkinex[]

Half-Saros cycle[]

  • Preceded: Solar eclipse of 4 January 2011
  • Followed: Solar eclipse of 14 January 2029

Tritos[]

Lunar Saros 144[]

Inex[]

Triad[]

  • Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 12 March 1933
  • Followed: Lunar eclipse of 11 November 2106

Lunar year series[]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2016–2020
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date Type
Viewing 		Gamma Saros Date
Viewing 		Type
Chart 		Gamma
109 2016 Aug 18
Lunar eclipse from moon-2016Aug18.png 		Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-2016Aug18.png 		1.5641 114
Penumbral lunar eclipse 2017.02.11.jpg 		2017 Feb 11
Lunar eclipse from moon-2017Feb11.png 		Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-2017Feb11.png 		-1.0255
119
Lunar eclipse of 2017 August 7 Kuwait.jpg 		2017 Aug 07
Lunar eclipse from moon-2017Aug07.png 		Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-2017Aug07.png 		0.8669 124
Lunar eclipse January 31 2018 California Alfredo Garcia Jr mideclipse.jpg 		2018 Jan 31
Lunar eclipse from moon-2018Jan31.png 		Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2018Jan31.png 		-0.3014
129
Lunar Total Eclipse on July 27, 2018 (100 2006) (43696968392) (cropped).jpg 		2018 Jul 27
Lunar eclipse from moon-2018Jul27.png 		Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2018Jul27.png 		0.1168 134
Total lunar eclipse on January 21, 2019 (45910439045) (cropped).jpg 		2019 Jan 21
Lunar eclipse from moon-2019Jan21.png 		Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2019Jan21.png 		0.3684
139
July 2019 Partial Lunar Eclipse.jpg 		2019 Jul 16
Lunar eclipse from moon-2019Jul16.png 		Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-2019Jul16.png 		-0.6430 144
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 2020-01-10-single.jpg 		2020 Jan 10
Lunar eclipse from moon-2020Jan10.png 		Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-2020Jan10.png 		1.2406
149 2020 Jul 05
Lunar eclipse from moon-2020Jul05.png 		Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-2020Jul05.png 		-1.3639
Last set 2016 Sep 16 Last set 2016 Mar 23
Next set 2020 Jun 05 Next set 2020 Nov 30

Saros series[]

It is part of Saros cycle 144.

Half-Saros cycle[]

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 151.

4 January 2011 14 January 2029
SE2011Jan04P.png SE2029Jan14P.png

See also[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links[]

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