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November 2039 lunar eclipse

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November 2039 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse
The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
DateNovember 30, 2039
Gamma−0.4721
Magnitude0.9443
Saros cycle126 (47 of 72)
Partiality206 minutes, 0 seconds
Penumbral360 minutes, 5 seconds
Contacts (UTC)
P113:56:25
U115:13:28
Greatest16:56:28
U418:39:28
P419:56:31

A partial lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, November 30, 2039,[1] with an umbral magnitude of 0.9443. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when one part of the Moon is in the Earth's umbra, while the other part is in the Earth's penumbra. 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. Occurring about 1.8 days before apogee (on December 2, 2039, at 11:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.[2]

Visibility

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The eclipse will be completely visible over northern Europe, Asia, and Australia, seen rising over Africa and western Europe and setting over the central Pacific Ocean and western North America.[3]

Eclipse details

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Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[4]

November 30, 2039 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Penumbral Magnitude 2.04346
Umbral Magnitude 0.94433
Gamma −0.47210
Sun Right Ascension 16h26m20.8s
Sun Declination -21°41'27.9"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'13.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 04h26m48.9s
Moon Declination +21°16'45.4"
Moon Semi-Diameter 14'45.3"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'08.9"
ΔT 79.1 s

Eclipse season

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See also: Eclipse cycle

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, 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.

Eclipse season of November–December 2039
November 30
Ascending node (full moon)
 December 15
Descending node (new moon)
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 126		 Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 152
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Eclipses in 2039

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Lunar Saros 126

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Inex

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Triad

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Lunar eclipses of 2038–2042

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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.[5]

The penumbral lunar eclipses on January 21, 2038 and July 16, 2038 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the penumbral lunar eclipses on April 5, 2042 and September 29, 2042 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2038 to 2042
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing 		Type
Chart 		Gamma Saros Date
Viewing 		Type
Chart 		Gamma
111 2038 Jun 17
 Penumbral
 1.3082 116 2038 Dec 11
 Penumbral
 −1.1448
121 2039 Jun 06
 Partial
 0.5460 126 2039 Nov 30
 Partial
 −0.4721
131 2040 May 26
 Total
 −0.1872 136 2040 Nov 18
 Total
 0.2361
141 2041 May 16
 Partial
 −0.9746 146 2041 Nov 08
 Partial
 0.9212
156 2042 Oct 28
 Penumbral
 −

Saros 126

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 126, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on July 18, 1228. It contains partial eclipses from March 24, 1625 through June 9, 1751; total eclipses from June 19, 1769 through November 9, 2003; and a second set of partial eclipses from November 19, 2021 through June 5, 2346. The series ends at member 70 as a penumbral eclipse on August 19, 2472.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 36 at 106 minutes, 27 seconds on August 13, 1859. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[6]

Greatest First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1859 Aug 13, lasting 106 minutes, 27 seconds.[7] Penumbral Partial Total Central
1228 Jul 18
 1625 Mar 24
 1769 Jun 19
 1805 Jul 11
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
1931 Sep 26
 2003 Nov 09
 2346 Jun 05
 2472 Aug 19

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.

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
1810 Sep 13
(Saros 105) 		1821 Aug 13
(Saros 106) 		1832 Jul 12
(Saros 107) 		1843 Jun 12
(Saros 108) 		1854 May 12
(Saros 109)
1865 Apr 11
(Saros 110) 		1876 Mar 10
(Saros 111) 		1887 Feb 08
(Saros 112) 		1898 Jan 08
(Saros 113) 		1908 Dec 07
(Saros 114)
1919 Nov 07
(Saros 115) 		1930 Oct 07
(Saros 116) 		1941 Sep 05
(Saros 117) 		1952 Aug 05
(Saros 118) 		1963 Jul 06
(Saros 119)
1974 Jun 04
(Saros 120) 		1985 May 04
(Saros 121) 		1996 Apr 04
(Saros 122) 		2007 Mar 03
(Saros 123) 		2018 Jan 31
(Saros 124)
2028 Dec 31
(Saros 125) 		2039 Nov 30
(Saros 126) 		2050 Oct 30
(Saros 127) 		2061 Sep 29
(Saros 128) 		2072 Aug 28
(Saros 129)
2083 Jul 29
(Saros 130) 		2094 Jun 28
(Saros 131) 		2105 May 28
(Saros 132) 		2116 Apr 27
(Saros 133) 		2127 Mar 28
(Saros 134)
2138 Feb 24
(Saros 135) 		2149 Jan 23
(Saros 136) 		2159 Dec 24
(Saros 137) 		2170 Nov 23
(Saros 138) 		2181 Oct 22
(Saros 139)
2192 Sep 21
(Saros 140)

Half-Saros cycle

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A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[8] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 133.

November 25, 2030 December 5, 2048

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "November 30–December 1, 2039 Partial Lunar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Partial Lunar Eclipse of 2039 Nov 30" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Partial Lunar Eclipse of 2039 Nov 30". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  5. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  6. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 126". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  7. ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 126
  8. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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