July 2020 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 5 July 2020, the third of four lunar eclipses in 2020.

July 2020 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
During moonrise in Springfield, OR at 4:22 UT
Date5 July 2020
Gamma−1.3638
Magnitude0.3546
Saros cycle149 (3 of 72)
Penumbral165 minutes
Contacts (UTC)
P13:07:23
Greatest4:30:00
P45:52:23

Visibility

The eclipse was visible during moonrise from some parts of North America, some parts of the Pacific Ocean and New Zealand, completely visible in Central and South America, some parts of North America, some parts of Western Africa as well as the extreme part of the South-West coast of South Africa, and visible during moonset from southwestern Europe, most of Africa (except Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and a strip of North Eastern Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia), and some parts of the Indian Ocean.


Visibility map

Eclipses of 2020

Lunar year series
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2016–2020
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date Type
Viewing		 Gamma Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Gamma
109 2016 Aug 18
 Penumbral
 1.56406 114
 2017 Feb 11
 Penumbral
 −1.02548
119
 2017 Aug 07
 Partial
 0.86690 124
 2018 Jan 31
 Total
 −0.30143
129
 2018 Jul 27
 Total
 0.11681 134
 2019 Jan 21
 Total
 0.36842
139
 2019 Jul 16
 Partial
 −0.64300 144
 2020 Jan 10
 Penumbral
 1.07270
149 2020 Jul 05
 Penumbral
 −1.36387
Last set 2016 Sep 16 Last set 2016 Mar 23
Next set 2020 Jun 05 Next set 2020 Nov 30

Saros series

It is part of Saros cycle 149.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 156.

July 1, 2011 July 11, 2029

See also

References
  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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