June 1983 lunar eclipse
Partial Lunar Eclipse June 25, 1983 | |
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![]() The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
Series | 139 (20 of 81) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
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Penumbral | |
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P1 | UTC |
U1 | |
Greatest | |
U4 | |
P4 |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on June 25, 1983. The Earth's shadow on the moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 33% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 15 minutes.[1]
Visibility[]
It was completely visible over Australia, Pacific and the Americas.
Related lunar eclipses[]
Eclipses in 1983[]
- A total solar eclipse at the Moon's ascending node of the orbit on Saturday, June 11th, 1983.
- A partial lunar eclipse at the Moon's descending node of the orbit on Saturday, June 25th, 1983.
- An annular solar eclipse at the Moon's descending node of the orbit on Sunday, December 04th, 1983.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse at the Moon's ascending node of the orbit on Tuesday, December 20th, 1983.
Lunar year series[]
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1980–1984 | ||||||||
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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![]() |
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0.70454 | 124 | 1982 Jan 09![]() |
Total![]() |
-0.29158 | |
129 | 1982 Jul 06![]() |
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-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 two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 146.
June 20, 1974 | June 30, 1992 |
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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.[3] |
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 | |||||
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1965 Jun 14 | 1983 Jun 25 | 2001 Jul 05 | |||
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2019 Jul 16 | 2037 Jul 27 | 2055 Aug 07 | |||
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See also[]
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
Notes[]
- ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 139
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
- ^ Listing of Eclipses of cycle 139
External links[]
- 1983 Jun 25 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
Categories:
- 20th-century lunar eclipses
- 1983 in science
- June 1983 events
- Lunar eclipse stubs