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Penumbral lunar eclipse 16 September 2016
September 2016 lunar eclipse
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Date
| 16 September 2016
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Gamma
| 1.0548
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Magnitude
| 0.9080
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Saros cycle
| 147
(9 of 71)
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Penumbral
| 239 minutes, 17 seconds
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Contacts (
UTC
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P1
| 16:54:40
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Greatest
| 18:54:17
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P4
| 20:53:57
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A penumbral
lunar eclipse
took place on 16 September 2016, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2016.
Visibility
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It was visible from Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
Gallery
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Progression as seen from
Primorsko
, Bulgaria
Related eclipses
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Eclipses of 2016
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This eclipse is the one of four lunar eclipses in a short-lived series at the descending node of the Moon's orbit.
The
lunar year
series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days (Shifting back about 10 days in sequential years). Because of the date shift, the Earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.
Half-Saros cycle
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A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a
half saros
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This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of
Solar Saros 154
.
See also
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References
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- ^
Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18,
The half-saros
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