September_2044_lunar_eclipse

September 2044 lunar eclipse

September 2044 lunar eclipse

Astronomical event

A total lunar eclipse will take place on September 7, 2044. It will be the first total eclipse in Lunar Saros 138.

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Visibility

Lunar year series

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Metonic cycles (19 years)

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

  1. 2006 Mar 14.99 - penumbral (113)
  2. 2025 Mar 14.29 - total (123)
  3. 2044 Mar 13.82 - total (133)
  4. 2063 Mar 14.67- partial (143)
  1. 2006 Sep 07.79 - partial (118)
  2. 2025 Sep 07.76 - total (128)
  3. 2044 Sep 07.47 - partial (138)
  4. 2063 Sep 07.86 - penumbral (148)

Tritos series

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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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 145.

September 2, 2035 September 12, 2053

Eclipse season

This is the second eclipse this season.

First eclipse in this season: Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044

See also

References

  1. [1]
    For a partial or total lunar eclipse, this value denotes the umbral magnitude. For a penumbral lunar eclipse, this denotes the penumbral magnitude.
  2. [2]
    Lunar Saros 138 - Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC)
  3. [3]
    Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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