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Astronomical event

October 2052 lunar eclipse

Partial eclipse

The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left

Date

October 8, 2052

Gamma

−0.9726

Magnitude

0.0821

Saros cycle

147 (10 of 70)

Partiality

63 minutes, 16 seconds

Penumbral

256 minutes, 37 seconds

Contacts (UTC)
P1	8:36:02
U1	10:12:46
Greatest	10:44:19
U4	11:16:02
P4	12:52:38

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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 solar 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

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipses of 2049–2052

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 eclipse on June 15, 2049 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2049 to 2052
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
112	2049 May 17	Penumbral	−1.1337	117	2049 Nov 09	Penumbral	1.1964
122	2050 May 06	Total	−0.4181	127	2050 Oct 30	Total	0.4435
132	2051 Apr 26	Total	0.3371	137	2051 Oct 19	Total	−0.2542
142	2052 Apr 14	Penumbral	1.0628	147	2052 Oct 08	Partial	−0.9726

Saros 147

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 147, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on July 2, 1890. It contains partial eclipses from September 28, 2034 through May 27, 2431; total eclipses from June 6, 2449 through October 5, 2647; and a second set of partial eclipses from October 16, 2665 through May 1, 2990. The series ends at member 70 as a penumbral eclipse on July 28, 3145.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 37 at 105 minutes, 18 seconds on August 1, 2539. 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 2539 Aug 01, lasting 105 minutes, 18 seconds.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1890 Jul 02	2034 Sep 28	2449 Jun 06	2485 Jun 28
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2593 Sep 02	2647 Oct 05	2990 May 01	3134 Jul 28

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 1–18 occur between 1890 and 2200:
1	2	3
1890 Jul 02	1908 Jul 13	1926 Jul 25

4	5	6
1944 Aug 04	1962 Aug 15	1980 Aug 26

7	8	9
1998 Sep 06	2016 Sep 16	2034 Sep 28

10	11	12
2052 Oct 08	2070 Oct 19	2088 Oct 30

13	14	15
2106 Nov 11	2124 Nov 21	2142 Dec 03

16	17	18
2160 Dec 13	2178 Dec 24	2197 Jan 04

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 154.