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April 2099 lunar eclipse

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April 2099 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse
The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
DateApril 5, 2099
Gamma−0.9304
Magnitude0.1680
Saros cycle143 (23 of 73)
Partiality88 minutes, 4 seconds
Penumbral257 minutes, 43 seconds
Contacts (UTC)
P16:18:44
U17:43:31
Greatest8:27:36
U49:11:35
P410:36:27
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A partial lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Sunday, April 5, 2099,[1] with an umbral magnitude of 0.1680. 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 1.4 days after perigee (on April 3, 2099, at 23:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]

Visibility

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

April 5, 2099 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Penumbral Magnitude 1.13534
Umbral Magnitude 0.16996
Gamma −0.93038
Sun Right Ascension 00h58m32.6s
Sun Declination +06°14'54.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'59.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8"
Moon Right Ascension 12h56m44.9s
Moon Declination -07°04'45.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter 16'34.0"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'48.0"
ΔT 126.2 s

Eclipse season

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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 March–April 2099
March 21
Ascending node (new moon)
April 5
Descending node (full moon)
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 131
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 143
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Eclipses in 2099

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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 143

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Inex

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Triad

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Lunar eclipses of 2096–2099

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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 June 6, 2096 and November 29, 2096 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2096 to 2099
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
113 2096 May 07
Penumbral
1.2896 118 2096 Oct 31
Penumbral
−1.1307
123 2097 Apr 26
Partial
0.5377 128 2097 Oct 21
Total
−0.4608
133 2098 Apr 15
Total
−0.2272 138 2098 Oct 10
Total
0.2749
143 2099 Apr 05
Partial
−0.9304 148 2099 Sep 29
Penumbral
1.0174

Saros 143

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on August 18, 1720. It contains partial eclipses from March 14, 2063 through June 21, 2225; total eclipses from July 2, 2243 through April 13, 2712; and a second set of partial eclipses from April 25, 2730 through July 9, 2856. The series ends at member 72 as a penumbral eclipse on October 5, 3000.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 36 at 99 minutes, 9 seconds on September 6, 2351. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[6]

Greatest First
The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2351 Sep 06, lasting 99 minutes, 9 seconds.[7] Penumbral Partial Total Central
1720 Aug 18
2063 Mar 14
2243 Jul 02
2297 Aug 03
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
2495 Dec 02
2712 Apr 13
2856 Jul 09
3000 Oct 05

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
1804 Jul 22
(Saros 116)
1815 Jun 21
(Saros 117)
1826 May 21
(Saros 118)
1837 Apr 20
(Saros 119)
1848 Mar 19
(Saros 120)
1859 Feb 17
(Saros 121)
1870 Jan 17
(Saros 122)
1880 Dec 16
(Saros 123)
1891 Nov 16
(Saros 124)
1902 Oct 17
(Saros 125)
1913 Sep 15
(Saros 126)
1924 Aug 14
(Saros 127)
1935 Jul 16
(Saros 128)
1946 Jun 14
(Saros 129)
1957 May 13
(Saros 130)
1968 Apr 13
(Saros 131)
1979 Mar 13
(Saros 132)
1990 Feb 09
(Saros 133)
2001 Jan 09
(Saros 134)
2011 Dec 10
(Saros 135)
2022 Nov 08
(Saros 136)
2033 Oct 08
(Saros 137)
2044 Sep 07
(Saros 138)
2055 Aug 07
(Saros 139)
2066 Jul 07
(Saros 140)
2077 Jun 06
(Saros 141)
2088 May 05
(Saros 142)
2099 Apr 05
(Saros 143)
2110 Mar 06
(Saros 144)
2121 Feb 02
(Saros 145)
2132 Jan 02
(Saros 146)
2142 Dec 03
(Saros 147)
2153 Nov 01
(Saros 148)
2164 Sep 30
(Saros 149)
2175 Aug 31
(Saros 150)
2186 Jul 31
(Saros 151)
2197 Jun 29
(Saros 152)

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 150.

March 31, 2090 April 11, 2108

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "April 4–5, 2099 Partial Lunar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Partial Lunar Eclipse of 2099 Apr 05" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Partial Lunar Eclipse of 2099 Apr 05". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 14 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 143". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  7. ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 143
  8. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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