August 2054 lunar eclipse
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| Date | 18 August 2054 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | 0.2806 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.3062 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 129 (40 of 71) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 82 minutes 57 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 226 minutes 32 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 369 minutes 27 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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A total lunar eclipse will take place on August 18, 2054.
This eclipse is the second of an almost tetrad, the others being 22 February 2054 (T), 11 February 2055 (T), and 7 August 2055 (P).
Visibility
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The entire eclipse will be visible in western North America and the Pacific Ocean. Part or most of the eclipse will be visible in the remainder of the Americas, Oceania, and most of Eastern and Southeastern Asia.
Related lunar eclipses
[edit]Saros series
[edit]Lunar saros series 129, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 71 events, has 11 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on May 24, 1910, and last will be on September 8, 2090. The longest occurrence of this series was on July 16, 2000 when totality lasted 106 minutes and 24.6 seconds.
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 The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 2000 Jul 16, lasting 106 minutes. |
Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| 1351 Jun 10 | 1513 Sep 15 | 1910 May 24 | 1946 Jun 14 | |
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| 2036 Aug 7 | 2090 Sep 8 | 2469 Apr 26 | 2613 Jul 24 | |
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| 2018 Jul 27 | 2036 Aug 7 | 2054 Aug 18 | |||
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It last occurred on August 7, 2036 and will next occur on August 28, 2072.
This is the 40th member of Lunar Saros 129. The previous event was the August 2036 lunar eclipse. The next event is the August 2072 lunar eclipse. Lunar Saros 129 contains 11 total lunar eclipses between 1910 and 2090. Solar Saros 136 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.
Half-Saros cycle
[edit]A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 136.
| August 12, 2045 | August 24, 2063 |
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Lunar year series
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| Saros | Date Viewing |
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| 114 | 2053 Mar 04
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119 | 2053 Aug 29 |
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| 124 | 2054 Feb 22
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129 | 2054 Aug 18
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| 134 | 2055 Feb 11
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139 | 2055 Aug 07
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| 144 | 2056 Feb 01
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149 | 2056 Jul 26
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| Last set | 2052 Apr 14 | Last set | 2052 Oct 08 | |||
| Next set | 2056 Dec 22 | Next set | 2056 Jun 27 | |||
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
[edit]- 2054 Aug 18 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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