June 2020 lunar eclipse

June 2020 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
	Johannesburg, South Africa at 19:18 UT
Date	5 June 2020
Gamma	1.2406
Magnitude	0.5683
Saros cycle	111 (67 of 71)
Penumbral	198 minutes, 13 seconds
P1
showContacts (UTC)
P1	17:45:50
Greatest	19:25:02
P4	21:04:03
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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 5 June 2020. It was the second of four penumbral lunar eclipses in 2020.^[1]

Visibility[]

It was visible in most parts of Europe (except northern Scandinavia), Asia (except the northeast parts of the Russian Far East), Africa, Australia, eastern parts of South America and Antarctica.


Visibility map

Gallery[]

San Jose del Monte, Philippines, 18:51 UTC
Hefei, China, 19:25 UTC
Surabaya, Indonesia, 19:25 UTC
Nakhodka, Russia, 19:26 UTC
Moscow, Russia, 19:33 UTC
Cepu, Indonesia, 19:39 UTC
Logroño, Spain, 19:56 UTC

Related eclipses[]

Eclipses of 2020[]

A penumbral lunar eclipse on 10 January.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 5 June.
An annular solar eclipse on 21 June.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 5 July.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 30 November.
A total solar eclipse on 14 December.

Lunar year series[]

showLunar eclipse series sets from 2020–2023
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type Viewing	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
111	2020 Jun 05	Penumbral	1.24063	116	2020 Nov 30	Penumbral	-1.13094
121	2021 May 26	Total	0.47741	126	2021 Nov 19	Partial	-0.45525
131	2022 May 16	Total	-0.25324	136	2022 Nov 08	Total	0.25703
141	2023 May 05	Penumbral	-1.03495	146	2023 Oct 28	Partial	0.94716

Last set	2020 Jul 05			Last set	2020 Jan 10

Next set	2024 Mar 25			Next set	2024 Sep 18

Saros series[]

It is part of Saros cycle 111.^{[citation needed]}

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 118.