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
ascending node
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of orbit on Thursday, February 22,
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, with an umbral
magnitude
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of −0.0523. A lunar eclipse occurs when the
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diameter, Earth's diameter). The Moon rotation, rotates, with a rotation period (lunar ...
moves into the
Earth's shadow
Earth's shadow (or Earth shadow) is the shadow that Earth itself casts through its atmosphere and into outer space, toward the antisolar point. During the twilight period (both early dusk and late dawn), the shadow's visible fringe – someti ...
, 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
solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season i ...
, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the
night
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side of Earth. Occurring about 4.3 days after
perigee
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Apsides perta ...
(on February 18, 2035, at 0:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
Visibility
The eclipse will be completely visible over
northeast Asia
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and
North America
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, seen rising over
east Asia
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and
Australia
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and setting over
South America
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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
eclipse season
An eclipse season is a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of the Orbit of the Moon, Moon's orbital plane (orbital inclination, tilted five degrees to the ecliptic, Earth ...
, 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
fortnight
A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (two weeks). The word derives from the Old English term , meaning "" (or "fourteen days", since the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights).
Astronomy and tides
In astronomy, a ''lunar fortnight'' is hal ...
.
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2035
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 22.
*
An annular solar eclipse on March 9.
*
A partial lunar eclipse on August 19.
*
A total solar eclipse on September 2.
Metonic
* Preceded by:
Lunar eclipse of May 7, 2031
* Followed by:
Lunar eclipse of December 11, 2038
Tzolkinex
* Preceded by:
Lunar eclipse of January 12, 2028
* Followed by:
Lunar eclipse of April 5, 2042
Half-Saros
* Preceded by:
Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026
* Followed by:
Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044
An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, February 28, 2044, with a magnitude of 0.96. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image ...
Tritos
* Preceded by:
Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2024
* Followed by:
Lunar eclipse of January 22, 2046
Lunar Saros 114
* Preceded by:
Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2017
* Followed by:
Lunar eclipse of March 4, 2053
Inex
* Preceded by:
Lunar eclipse of March 14, 2006
* Followed by:
Lunar eclipse of February 2, 2064
Triad
* Preceded by:
Lunar eclipse of April 23, 1948
* Followed by:
Lunar eclipse of December 24, 2121
Lunar eclipses of 2035–2038
Saros 114
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 total solar eclipses of
Solar Saros 121.
See also
*
List of lunar eclipses
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A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened.
By type
* List of central lunar eclipses
* Total penumbral lunar eclipse
By classification
* List of saros series for lunar eclipse ...
and
List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
During the 21st century, there will be 228 lunar eclipses of which 86 will be Lunar eclipse#Types of lunar eclipse, penumbral, 57 will be partial and 85 will be total. Of the total eclipses, 24 will be central, in the sense that the Moon will pas ...
Notes
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