July 2020 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 5 July 2020, the third of four lunar eclipses in 2020.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
5 July 2020

The moon will imperceptibly dim as it passes through the Earth's southern penumbral shadow
Series (and member)149 (3 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral2:45:00
Contacts
P13:07:23 UTC
Greatest4:30:00
P45:52:23

Visibility

The eclipse was visible during moonrise from some parts of North America, some parts of the Pacific Ocean and New Zealand, completely visible in Central and South America, some parts of North America, some parts of Western Africa as well as the extreme part of the South-West coast of South Africa, and visible during moonset from southwestern Europe, most of Africa (except Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and a strip of North Eastern Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia), and some parts of the Indian Ocean.


View of earth from moon during greatest eclipse

Visibility map

Eclipses of 2020

Lunar year series

Saros series

It is part of Saros cycle 149.

Half-Saros cycle

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 156.

July 1, 2011 July 11, 2029

See also

References
  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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