January 2047 lunar eclipse

January 2047 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
Date	12 January 2047
Gamma	0.3317
Magnitude	1.2341
Saros cycle	125 (50 of 72)
Totality	70 minutes
Partiality	208 minutes 53 seconds
Penumbral	337 minutes 13 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	22:36:04
U1	23:40:19 (January 11)
U2	00:49:45 (January 12)
Greatest	01:24:44
U3	01:59:45
U4	03:09:12
P4	04:13:17
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A total lunar eclipse will take place on January 12, 2047.

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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 132.

January 5, 2038	January 16, 2056

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