January 1999 lunar eclipseA penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, January 31, 1999, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1999. This was a relatively rare total penumbral lunar eclipse with the moon passing entirely within the penumbral shadow without entering the darker umbral shadow.[1] VisibilityImages
Related lunar eclipsesEclipses of 1999
Lunar year series
Saros seriesLunar Saros series 114, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 13 total lunar eclipses. First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 0971 May 13 First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1115 Aug 07 First Total Lunar Eclipse: 1458 Feb 28 First Central Lunar Eclipse: 1530 Apr 12 Greatest Eclipse of Lunar Saros 114: 1584 May 24 Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1638 Jun 26 Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 1674 Jul 17 Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1890 Nov 26 Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2233 Jun 22 Half-Saros cycleA lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 121.
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