A penumbral

lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Eart ...

took place on 5 June 2020. It was the second of four penumbral lunar eclipses in 2020.

Visibility

It was visible in most parts of

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(except northern

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(except the northeast parts of the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admin ...

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

, Australia, eastern parts of

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and

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest co ...

Gallery

File:June 6, 2020 Lunar Eclipse.jpg,

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, Philippines, 18:51 UTC File:Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of June, 2020.jpg,

Hefei, China Hefei (; ) is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census and its built-up ( ...

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, 19:25 UTC File:Penumbral lunar eclipse (Strawberry Moon) on June 6, 2020.jpg,

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, Russia, 19:26 UTC File:Penumbral lunar eclipse 05.06.2020 in Moscow (02).jpg,

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, Indonesia, 19:39 UTC File:Eclipse lunar en Logroño de junio 2020- Luna de fresa - 2.jpg, Logroño, Spain, 19:56 UTC

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2020

* A penumbral lunar eclipse on 10 January. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on 5 June. * An annular solar eclipse on 21 June. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on 5 July. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on 30 November. * A total solar eclipse on 14 December.

Lunar year series

Saros series

It is part of

Saros cycle The saros () is a period of exactly 223 synodic months, approximately 6585.3211 days, or 18 years, 10, 11, or 12 days (depending on the number of leap years), and 8 hours, that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One saros perio ...

111.

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 partial solar eclipses of

Solar Saros 118 Saros cycle series 118 for 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 the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an ...

References

Saros cycle 111

External links

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