January 2046 lunar eclipse

January 2046 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse
Date	22 January 2046
Gamma	0.9885
Magnitude	0.0532
Saros cycle	115 (59 of 72)
Partiality	50 minutes 23 seconds
Penumbral	250 minutes 1 second
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	10:56:07
U1	12:35:59
Greatest	13:01:07
U4	13:26:22
P4	15:06:08
	← August 2045 July 2046 →

A partial lunar eclipse will take place on January 22, 2046.

Visibility[]

Related lunar eclipses[]

Lunar year series[]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2046-2049
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
Descending node			Ascending node
115	2046 Jan 22	Partial	120	2046 Jul 18	Partial
125	2047 Jan 12	Total	130	2047 Jul 07	Total
135	2048 Jan 01	Total	140	2048 Jun 26	Partial
145	2048 Dec 20	Penumbral	150	2049 Jun 15	Penumbral

Last set	2045 Aug 27		Last set	2045 Mar 03

Next set	2049 Nov 09		Next set	2049 May 17

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 122.

January 16, 2037	January 27, 2055

Notes[]

^ 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 115 - Fred Espenak's GSFC Eclipse Canon
^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros