A partial lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Tuesday, October 8, 2052, with an umbral magnitude of 0.0821. 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 2.1 days before perigee (on October 10, 2052, at 11:35 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over northeast Asia, eastern Australia, and western North America, seen rising over east and south Asia and western Australia and setting over eastern North America and much of South America.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+October 8, 2052 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 1.06533 Umbral Magnitude 0.08320 Gamma −0.97270 Sun Right Ascension 12h58m28.0s Sun Declination -06°14'27.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'00.5" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 00h59m36.6s Moon Declination +05°18'49.9" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'18.0" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°59'49.3" ΔT 86.9 s
Eclipse season
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 September–October 2052 September 22Ascending node (new moon) October 8Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 135 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 147
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2052 A total solar eclipse on March 30. A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 14. An annular solar eclipse on September 22. A partial lunar eclipse on October 8.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 20, 2048 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 26, 2056
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 27, 2045 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 19, 2059
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 2043 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 13, 2061
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 8, 2041 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2063
Lunar Saros 147 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 28, 2034 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 19, 2070
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 28, 2023 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 18, 2081
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 8, 1965 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 10, 2139
Lunar eclipses of 2049–2052
Saros 147
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 154. October 3, 2043October 13, 2061
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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