June 2048 lunar eclipse

June 2048 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse
Date	26 June 2048
Gamma	0.6796
Magnitude	0.6388
Saros cycle	140 (26 of 77)
Partiality	159 minutes 10 seconds
Penumbral	285 minutes 44 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	23:38:05 (June 25)
U1	00:41:21 (June 26)
Greatest	02:00:57
U4	03:20:30
P4	04:23:49
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A partial lunar eclipse will take place on June 26, 2048. The Moon will be strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse lasting 2 hours and 39 minutes, with 64% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.

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 147.

June 21, 2039	July 1, 2057

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