July 2027 lunar eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on July 18, 2027.[1] The Moon will barely clip the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow, and the eclipse will be impossible to see in practice.
| Penumbral Lunar Eclipse July 18, 2027 | |
|---|---|
 The moon will imperceptibly dim as it clips the Earth's southern penumbral shadow | |
| Series (and member) | 110 (72 of 72) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Penumbral | 0:11:47 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 15:56:57 UTC |
| Greatest | 16:02:53 |
| P4 | 16:08:45 |
Visibility
Insofar as it is visible at all, it will be visible over Asia and Australia.
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 | |||
Saros series
This eclipse is a member of Saros series 110. The previous event occurred on July 7, 2009. This is the last lunar eclipse of this series.
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 117 on the first and second columns.
| July 13, 2018 | July 23, 2036 | August 3, 2054 |
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
- August 2016 lunar eclipse
Notes
- Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 110
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 2027 Jul 18 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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