A penumbral

lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, ...

will occur at the Moon’s

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of orbit on Friday, August 29, 2053, with an umbral

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of −0.0319. It will be a relatively rare total penumbral lunar eclipse, with the Moon passing entirely within the penumbral shadow without entering the darker umbral shadow. A lunar eclipse occurs when the

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moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra. Unlike a

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, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the

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side of Earth. Occurring about 4.7 days after

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(on August 24, 2053, at 14:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.

Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over much of

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and western

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, seen rising over

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and

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and setting over eastern South America and

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Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an

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, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a

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Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2053

* A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 4. * An annular solar eclipse on March 20. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 29. * A total solar eclipse on September 12.

Metonic

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 9, 2049 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 17, 2057

Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 18, 2046 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 9, 2060

Half-Saros

* Preceded by:

Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044 A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Monday, August 22 and Tuesday, August 23, 2044, with a magnitude of 1.0364. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or p ...

* Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 3, 2062

Tritos

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2042 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 28, 2064

Lunar Saros 119

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 19, 2035 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 9, 2071

Inex

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 18, 2024 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 8, 2082

Triad

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 29, 1966 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 30, 2140

Lunar eclipses of 2053–2056

Saros 119

Tritos series

Inex 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).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros'' This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 126.

References

External links

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