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Central lunar eclipse

July 2047 lunar eclipse

Total eclipse

The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left

Date

July 7, 2047

Gamma

−0.0636

Magnitude

1.7529

Saros cycle

130 (36 of 72)

Totality

100 minutes, 49 seconds

Partiality

218 minutes, 31 seconds

Penumbral

333 minutes, 27 seconds

Contacts (UTC)
P1	7:37:44
U1	8:44:58
U2	9:43:49
Greatest	10:34:15
U3	11:24:39
U4	12:23:29
P4	13:21:01

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A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Sunday, July 7, 2047, with an umbral magnitude of 1.7529. It will be a central lunar eclipse, in which part of the Moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 3.4 days after perigee (on July 4, 2047, at 0:55 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.

Totality will last 100 minutes 49 seconds, the second longest for this Saros series.

Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over eastern Australia, Antarctica, and the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, seen rising over east Asia and western Australia and setting over North and South America.

Eclipse details

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

July 7, 2047 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	2.73257
Umbral Magnitude	1.75293
Gamma	−0.06362
Sun Right Ascension	07h06m19.6s
Sun Declination	+22°33'30.9"
Sun Semi-Diameter	15'43.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.7"
Moon Right Ascension	19h06m23.0s
Moon Declination	-22°37'10.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter	16'03.5"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	0°58'56.1"
ΔT	83.5 s

Eclipse season

Eclipse season of June–July 2047
June 23 Descending node (new moon)	July 7 Ascending node (full moon)	July 22 Descending node (new moon)

Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 118	Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 130	Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 156

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2047

Lunar eclipses of 2046–2049

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

The penumbral lunar eclipses on May 17, 2049 and November 9, 2049 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2046 to 2049
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
115	2046 Jan 22	Partial	0.9885	120	2046 Jul 18	Partial	−0.8691
125	2047 Jan 12	Total	0.3317	130	2047 Jul 07	Total	−0.0636
135	2048 Jan 01	Total	−0.3745	140	2048 Jun 26	Partial	0.6796
145	2048 Dec 20	Penumbral	−1.0624	150	2049 Jun 15	Penumbral	1.4068

Saros 130

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on June 10, 1416. It contains partial eclipses from September 4, 1560 through April 12, 1903; total eclipses from April 22, 1921 through September 11, 2155; and a second set of partial eclipses from September 21, 2173 through May 10, 2552. The series ends at member 71 as a penumbral eclipse on July 26, 2678.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 35 at 101 minutes, 53 seconds on June 26, 2029. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2029 Jun 26, lasting 101 minutes, 53 seconds.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1416 Jun 10	1560 Sep 04	1921 Apr 22	1975 May 25
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2083 Jul 29	2155 Sep 11	2552 May 10	2678 Jul 26

Eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

Series members 23–44 occur between 1801 and 2200:
23	24	25
1813 Feb 15	1831 Feb 26	1849 Mar 09

26	27	28
1867 Mar 20	1885 Mar 30	1903 Apr 12

29	30	31
1921 Apr 22	1939 May 03	1957 May 13

32	33	34
1975 May 25	1993 Jun 04	2011 Jun 15

35	36	37
2029 Jun 26	2047 Jul 07	2065 Jul 17

38	39	40
2083 Jul 29	2101 Aug 09	2119 Aug 20

41	42	43
2137 Aug 30	2155 Sep 11	2173 Sep 21

44
2191 Oct 02

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 137.