December 2030 lunar eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on December 9, 2030.[1]
| Penumbral Lunar Eclipse December 9, 2030 | |
|---|---|
 The moon will perceptibly dim as the moon passed through the Earth's northern penumbral shadow | |
| Series (and member) | 145 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Penumbral | |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | UTC |
| Greatest | |
| P4 | |
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 2027–2031 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 110 | 2027 Jul 18 |
Penumbral |
115 | 2028 Jan 12 |
Partial | |
| 120 | 2028 Jul 06 |
Partial |
125 | 2028 Dec 31 |
Total | |
| 130 | 2029 Jun 26 |
Total |
135 | 2029 Dec 20 |
Total | |
| 140 | 2030 Jun 15 |
Partial |
145 | 2030 Dec 09 |
Penumbral | |
| 150 | 2031 Jun 05 |
Penumbral | ||||
| Last set | 2027 Aug 17 | Last set | 2027 Feb 20 | |||
| Next set | 2031 May 07 | Next set | 2031 Oct 30 | |||
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 152.
| December 4, 2021 | December 15, 2039 |
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
Notes
- Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 145
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 2030 Dec 09 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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