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Penumbral lunar eclipse June 13, 1984
June 1984 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
DateJune 13, 1984
Gamma−1.5240
Magnitude−0.9414
Saros cycle149 (1 of 72)
Penumbral73 minutes, 0 seconds
Contacts (UTC)
P113:49:05
Greatest14:25:45
P415:02:05
← May 1984November 1984 →

A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, June 13, 1984, with an umbral magnitude of −0.9414. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into 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 6.1 days after perigee (on June 7, 1984, at 12:25 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

This minor penumbral eclipse was visually imperceptible, but marked the first lunar eclipse in Lunar Saros 149.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over the eastern half of Asia, Australia, and Antarctica, seen rising over Madagascar and central Asia and setting over the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Eclipse details

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

June 13, 1984 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Penumbral Magnitude 0.06474
Umbral Magnitude −0.94137
Gamma −1.52403
Sun Right Ascension 05h28m22.3s
Sun Declination +23°14'34.9"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'44.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7"
Moon Right Ascension 17h27m24.8s
Moon Declination -24°41'08.0"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'39.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'26.4"
ΔT 54.0 s

Eclipse season

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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

Eclipse season of May–June 1984
May 15
Descending node (full moon)
 May 30
Ascending node (new moon)
 June 13
Descending node (full moon)
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 111		 Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 137		 Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 149

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1984

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Tritos

Lunar Saros 149

Inex

Triad

Lunar eclipses of 1980–1984

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 March 1, 1980 and August 26, 1980 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the penumbral lunar eclipses on May 15, 1984 and November 8, 1984 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1980 to 1984
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing 		Type
Chart 		Gamma Saros Date
Viewing 		Type
Chart 		Gamma
109 1980 Jul 27
 Penumbral
 1.4139 114 1981 Jan 20
 Penumbral
 −1.0142
119 1981 Jul 17
 Partial
 0.7045 124 1982 Jan 09
 Total
 −0.2916
129 1982 Jul 06
 Total
 −0.0579 134 1982 Dec 30
 Total
 0.3758
139 1983 Jun 25
 Partial
 −0.8152 144 1983 Dec 20
 Penumbral
 1.0747
149 1984 Jun 13
 Penumbral
 −1.5240

Saros 149

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 149, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on June 13, 1984. It contains partial eclipses from August 29, 2110 through April 5, 2471; total eclipses from April 16, 2489 through September 17, 2741; and a second set of partial eclipses from September 28, 2759 through May 5, 3120. The series ends at member 71 as a penumbral eclipse on July 20, 3246.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 36 at 99 minutes, 18 seconds on July 3, 2615. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.

Greatest First
The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2615 Jul 03, lasting 99 minutes, 18 seconds. Penumbral Partial Total Central
1984 Jun 13
 2110 Aug 29
 2489 Apr 16
 2561 May 30
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
2687 Aug 15
 2741 Sep 17
 3120 May 05
 3246 Jul 20

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 1–13 occur between 1984 and 2200:
1 2 3
1984 Jun 13 2002 Jun 24 2020 Jul 05
4 5 6
2038 Jul 16 2056 Jul 26 2074 Aug 07
7 8 9
2092 Aug 17 2110 Aug 29 2128 Sep 09
10 11 12
2146 Sep 20 2164 Sep 30 2182 Oct 11
13
2200 Oct 23

See also

Notes

  1. "June 13–14, 1984 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  2. "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  3. Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 149
  4. "Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 1984 Jun 13" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  5. "Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 1984 Jun 13". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  6. 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.
  7. "NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 149". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  8. Listing of Eclipses of series 149

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