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Penumbral eclipse | |||||||||
Date | 10 January 2020 | ||||||||
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Gamma | 1.0726 | ||||||||
Magnitude | 0.8956 | ||||||||
Saros cycle | 114 (16 of 71) | ||||||||
Penumbral | 244 minutes, 34 seconds | ||||||||
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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 10 January 2020. It was the first of four penumbral lunar eclipses in 2020. The moon’s apparent diameter was larger than average because occurred only 3 days before perigee (Perigee on 13 January 2020) and its distance was 375,887 km (233,565 mi).
Visibility map |
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2016–2020 | ||||||||
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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 |
It is part of Saros cycle 144.
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 151.
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