A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Friday, July 17, 2065,[1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.6628. It will be a central lunar eclipse, in which part of the Moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. 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 4.2 days after perigee (on July 14, 2065, at 13:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]
| Total eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
 The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | July 17, 2065 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | −0.1402 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.6138 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 130 (37 of 71) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 97 minutes, 43 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 217 minutes, 1 second | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 331 minutes, 43 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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Visibility
editThe eclipse will be completely visible over south and east Asia, Australia, and Antarctica, seen rising over much of Africa, Europe, and west and central Asia and setting over northeast Asia and the central Pacific Ocean.[3]
Eclipse details
editShown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[4]
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Penumbral Magnitude | 2.59069 |
| Umbral Magnitude | 1.61381 |
| Gamma | −0.14023 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 07h50m48.2s |
| Sun Declination | +20°59'34.9" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'44.3" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 19h50m58.2s |
| Moon Declination | -21°07'32.3" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'06.6" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°59'07.5" |
| ΔT | 96.0 s |
Eclipse season
editThis 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.
| July 3 Descending node (new moon) |
July 17 Ascending node (full moon) |
August 2 Descending node (new moon) |
|---|---|---|
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 118 |
Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 130 |
Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 156 |
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 2065
edit- A total lunar eclipse on January 22.
- A partial solar eclipse on February 5.
- A partial solar eclipse on July 3.
- A total lunar eclipse on July 17.
- A partial solar eclipse on August 2.
- A partial solar eclipse on December 27.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2061
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 6, 2069
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 6, 2058
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 29, 2072
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 12, 2056
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 24, 2074
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 18, 2054
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 17, 2076
Lunar Saros 130
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 7, 2047
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 29, 2083
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 7, 2036
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 28, 2094
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 16, 1978
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 18, 2152
Lunar eclipses of 2064–2067
editThis 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.[5]
The penumbral lunar eclipses on May 28, 2067 and November 21, 2067 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 2064 to 2067 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
| 115 | 2064 Feb 02 |
Partial |
0.9969 | 120 | 2064 Jul 28 |
Partial |
−0.9473 | |
| 125 | 2065 Jan 22 |
Total |
0.3371 | 130 | 2065 Jul 17 |
Total |
−0.1402 | |
| 135 | 2066 Jan 11 |
Total |
−0.3687 | 140 | 2066 Jul 07 |
Partial |
0.6055 | |
| 145 | 2066 Dec 31 |
Penumbral |
−1.0539 | 150 | 2067 Jun 27 |
Penumbral |
1.3394 | |
Saros 130
editThis eclipse is a part of Saros series 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse on June 10, 1416. It contains partial eclipses from September 4, 1560 through April 12, 1903; total eclipses from April 22, 1921 through September 11, 2155; and a second set of partial eclipses from September 21, 2173 through May 10, 2552. The series ends at member 71 as a penumbral eclipse on July 26, 2678.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 35 at 101 minutes, 53 seconds on June 26, 2029. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[6]
| Greatest | First | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2029 Jun 26, lasting 101 minutes, 53 seconds.[7] |
Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| 1416 Jun 10 |
1560 Sep 04 |
1921 Apr 22 |
1975 May 25 | |
| Last | ||||
| Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
| 2083 Jul 29 |
2155 Sep 11 |
2552 May 10 |
2678 Jul 26 | |
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 23–44 occur between 1801 and 2200: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 1813 Feb 15 | 1831 Feb 26 | 1849 Mar 09 | |||
| 26 | 27 | 28 | |||
| 1867 Mar 20 | 1885 Mar 30 | 1903 Apr 12 | |||
| 29 | 30 | 31 | |||
| 1921 Apr 22 | 1939 May 03 | 1957 May 13 | |||
| 32 | 33 | 34 | |||
| 1975 May 25 | 1993 Jun 04 | 2011 Jun 15 | |||
| 35 | 36 | 37 | |||
| 2029 Jun 26 | 2047 Jul 07 | 2065 Jul 17 | |||
| 38 | 39 | 40 | |||
| 2083 Jul 29 | 2101 Aug 09 | 2119 Aug 20 | |||
| 41 | 42 | 43 | |||
| 2137 Aug 30 | 2155 Sep 11 | 2173 Sep 21 | |||
| 44 | |||||
| 2191 Oct 02 | |||||
Tritos series
editThis eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1803 Aug 03 (Saros 106) |
1814 Jul 02 (Saros 107) |
1825 Jun 01 (Saros 108) |
1836 May 01 (Saros 109) |
1847 Mar 31 (Saros 110) | |||||
| 1858 Feb 27 (Saros 111) |
1869 Jan 28 (Saros 112) |
1879 Dec 28 (Saros 113) |
1890 Nov 26 (Saros 114) |
1901 Oct 27 (Saros 115) | |||||
| 1912 Sep 26 (Saros 116) |
1923 Aug 26 (Saros 117) |
1934 Jul 26 (Saros 118) |
1945 Jun 25 (Saros 119) |
1956 May 24 (Saros 120) | |||||
| 1967 Apr 24 (Saros 121) |
1978 Mar 24 (Saros 122) |
1989 Feb 20 (Saros 123) |
2000 Jan 21 (Saros 124) |
2010 Dec 21 (Saros 125) | |||||
| 2021 Nov 19 (Saros 126) |
2032 Oct 18 (Saros 127) |
2043 Sep 19 (Saros 128) |
2054 Aug 18 (Saros 129) |
2065 Jul 17 (Saros 130) | |||||
| 2076 Jun 17 (Saros 131) |
2087 May 17 (Saros 132) |
2098 Apr 15 (Saros 133) |
2109 Mar 17 (Saros 134) |
2120 Feb 14 (Saros 135) | |||||
| 2131 Jan 13 (Saros 136) |
2141 Dec 13 (Saros 137) |
2152 Nov 12 (Saros 138) |
2163 Oct 12 (Saros 139) |
2174 Sep 11 (Saros 140) | |||||
| 2185 Aug 11 (Saros 141) |
2196 Jul 10 (Saros 142) | ||||||||
Half-Saros cycle
editA lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[8] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 137.
| July 12, 2056 | July 24, 2074 |
|---|---|
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ "July 17–18, 2065 Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon)". timeanddate. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "Total Lunar Eclipse of 2065 Jul 17" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "Total Lunar Eclipse of 2065 Jul 17". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses of Saros 130". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
- ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 130
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
edit- 2065 Jul 17 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC