July 1980 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on July 27, 1980. The moon passed in the northern edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow, and was the 70th lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 109.^[1]

Visibility[]

Related lunar eclipses[]

Eclipses in 1980[]

A total solar eclipse on Saturday, 16 February 1980.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on Saturday, 1 March 1980.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on Sunday, 27 July 1980.
An annular solar eclipse on Sunday, 10 August 1980.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on Tuesday, 26 August 1980.

Lunar year series[]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1980–1984
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
109	1980 Jul 27	Penumbral	1.41391	114	1981 Jan 20	Penumbral	-1.01421
119	1981 Jul 17	Partial	0.70454	124	1982 Jan 09	Total	-0.29158
129	1982 Jul 06	Total	-0.05792	134	1982 Dec 30	Total	0.37579
139	1983 Jun 25	Partial	-0.81520	144	1983 Dec 20	Penumbral	1.07468
149	1984 Jun 13	Penumbral	-1.52403

Last set	1980 Aug 26			Last set	1980 Mar 13

Next set	1984 May 15			Next set	1984 Nov 08

Half-Saros cycle[]

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[2] This lunar eclipse is related to one partial solar eclipse of Solar Saros 116.

July 22, 1971

Saros series[]

This lunar eclipse is the third to last member of Saros series 109. The next event is on August 8, 1998. The previous event was on July 17, 1962.

Notes[]

^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 109
^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links[]

1980 Jul 27 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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[1] Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 109

[2] Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

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