July 2019 lunar eclipse
Partial Lunar Eclipse July 16, 2019 | |
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Near greatest eclipse from Tilehurst, England, 21:30 UTC | |
This chart shows the right-to-left hourly motion of the moon through the earth's shadow. | |
Series (and member) | 139 (22 of 81) |
Gamma | -0.643 |
Magnitude | 0.6531 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Partial | 2:57:56 |
Penumbral | 5:33:43 |
Contacts | |
P1 | 18:43:53 UTC |
U1 | 20:01:43 |
Greatest | 21:30:44 |
U4 | 22:59:39 |
P4 | 0:17:36 |
A partial lunar eclipse occurred on the 16 and 17 July 2019. The Moon was covered 65.31% by the Earth's umbral shadow at maximum eclipse.
This was the last umbral lunar eclipse until May 2021.
Visibility[]
It was visible over most of Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, and South America.[1]
Visibility map |
Gallery[]
Hefei, China, 19:56 UTC
Mariupol, Ukraine, 20:25 UTC
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 21:05 UTC
Moscow, Russia, 21:11 UTC
Novate Milanese, Italy, 21:17 UTC
Bandung, Indonesia, 21:20 UTC
Farasan Island, Saudi Arabia, 21:25 UTC
Paris, France, 21:27 UTC
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 21:30 UTC
Munich, Germany, 21:36 UTC
Prague, Czech Republic, 21:39 UTC
Manuel B. Gonnet, Argentina, 21:43 UTC
London, UK, 21:47 UTC
Sayada, Tunisia, 21:55 UTC
Banjarmasin, Indonesia, Near Moonset, 22:17 UTC
Krško, Slovenia, 22:19 UTC
Szanda, Hungary, 22:23 UTC
Wrocław, Poland, 22:27 UTC
Logroño, Spain, 22:32 UTC
Related eclipses[]
Tzolkinex[]
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 4 June, 2012
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of 28 August 2026
Tritos[]
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 16 August 2008
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of 15 June 2030
Inex[]
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 6 August 1990
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of 26 June 2048
Triad[]
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 14 September 1932
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of 17 May 2106
Eclipses of 2019[]
- A partial solar eclipse on 6 January.
- A total lunar eclipse on 21 January.
- A total solar eclipse on 2 July.
- A partial lunar eclipse on 16 July.
- An annular solar eclipse on 26 December.
Lunar year series[]
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2016–2020 | ||||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
Saros | Date | Type Viewing |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
109 | 2016 Aug 18 |
Penumbral |
1.5641 | 114 |
2017 Feb 11 |
Penumbral |
-1.0255 | |
119 |
2017 Aug 07 |
Partial |
0.8669 | 124 |
2018 Jan 31 |
Total |
-0.3014 | |
129 |
2018 Jul 27 |
Total |
0.1168 | 134 |
2019 Jan 21 |
Total |
0.3684 | |
139 |
2019 Jul 16 |
Partial |
-0.6430 | 144 |
2020 Jan 10 |
Penumbral |
1.2406 | |
149 | 2020 Jul 05 |
Penumbral |
-1.3639 | |||||
Last set | 2016 Sep 16 | Last set | 2016 Mar 23 | |||||
Next set | 2020 Jun 05 | Next set | 2020 Nov 30 |
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 | |||
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 146.
11 July 2010 | 22 July 2028 |
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See also[]
- List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
References[]
- ^ "Lunar eclipse july 2019 timing of all countries". bindassnews.com.
- ^ Listing of Eclipses of cycle 139
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links[]
- Partial Lunar Eclipse 2019
- Saros cycle 139
- Hermit eclipse: 2019-07-16
- 2019 Jul 16 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- 21st-century lunar eclipses
- 2019 in science
- July 2019 events
- Lunar eclipse stubs