November 2039 lunar eclipse

November 2039 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse
	The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
Date	November 30, 2039
Gamma	−0.4721
Magnitude	0.9443
Saros cycle	126 (47 of 72)
Partiality	206 minutes, 0 seconds
Penumbral	360 minutes, 5 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	13:56:25
U1	15:13:28
Greatest	16:56:28
U4	18:39:28
P4	19:56:31
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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

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

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

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

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipses of 2038–2042

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2038-2042
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
Descending node			Ascending node
111	2038 Jun 17	Penumbral	116	2038 Dec 11	Penumbral
121	2039 Jun 06	Partial	126	2039 Nov 30	Partial
131	2040 May 26	Total	136	2040 Nov 18	Total
141	2041 May 16	Partial	146	2041 Nov 08	Partial
			156	2042 Oct 28	Penumbral

Last set	2038 Jul 16		Last set	2038 Jan 21

Next set	2042 Apr 05		Next set	2042 Sep 29

Saros 126

It is part of saros series 126.

Lunar saros series 126, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 70 lunar eclipse events including 14 total lunar eclipses. Solar Saros 133 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

First penumbral lunar eclipse: 18 July 1228

First partial lunar eclipse: 24 March 1625

First total lunar eclipse: 19 June 1769

First central lunar eclipse: 11 July 1805

Greatest eclipse of the lunar saros 126: 13 August 1859, lasting 106 minutes.

Last central lunar eclipse: 26 September 1931

Last total lunar eclipse: 9 November 2003

Last partial lunar eclipse: 5 June 2346

Last penumbral lunar eclipse: 19 August 2472

1901-2100

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[5] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 133.