en July 2047 lunar eclipse

July 2047 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
	The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
Date	July 7, 2047
Gamma	−0.0636
Magnitude	1.7529
Saros cycle	130 (36 of 72)
Totality	100 minutes, 49 seconds
Partiality	218 minutes, 31 seconds
Penumbral	333 minutes, 27 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	7:37:44
U1	8:44:58
U2	9:43:49
Greatest	10:34:15
U3	11:24:39
U4	12:23:29
P4	13:21:01
	← January 2047 January 2048 →

A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Sunday, July 7, 2047,^[1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.7529. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. 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. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 3.4 days after perigee (on July 4, 2047, at 0:55 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.^[2]

The moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. Totality will last 100 minutes 49 seconds, the second longest for this Saros series.

Visibility

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

July 7, 2047 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	2.73257
Umbral Magnitude	1.75293
Gamma	−0.06362
Sun Right Ascension	07h06m19.6s
Sun Declination	+22°33'30.9"
Sun Semi-Diameter	15'43.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.7"
Moon Right Ascension	19h06m23.0s
Moon Declination	-22°37'10.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter	16'03.5"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	0°58'56.1"
ΔT	83.5 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

Eclipse season of June–July 2047
June 23 Descending node (new moon)	July 7 Ascending node (full moon)	July 22 Descending node (new moon)

Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 118	Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 130	Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 156

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2047

Lunar eclipses of 2046–2049

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2046-2049
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
Descending node			Ascending node
115	2046 Jan 22	Partial	120	2046 Jul 18	Partial
125	2047 Jan 12	Total	130	2047 Jul 07	Total
135	2048 Jan 01	Total	140	2048 Jun 26	Partial
145	2048 Dec 20	Penumbral	150	2049 Jun 15	Penumbral

Last set	2045 Aug 27		Last set	2045 Mar 03

Next set	2049 Nov 09		Next set	2049 May 17

Saros 130

Lunar saros series 130, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 56 umbral lunar eclipses (42 partial lunar eclipses and 14 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 137 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2029 Jun 26, lasting 102 minutes.^[5]	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1416 Jun 10	1560 Sep 4	1921 Apr 22	1957 May 13
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2083 Jul 29	2155 Sep 11	2552 May 10	2678 Jul 26

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[6] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 137.