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July 1999 lunar eclipse
| Partial Lunar Eclipse July 28, 1999 | |
|---|---|
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 119 (61 of 83) |
| Gamma | 0.7862 |
| Magnitude | 0.3966 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | 2:22:32 |
| Penumbral | 5:10:56 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 8:58:15 UTC |
| U1 | 10:22:31 UTC |
| Greatest | 11:33:43 UTC |
| U4 | 12:45:03 UTC |
| P4 | 14:09:11 UTC |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, July 28, 1999, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1999.
Visibility edit
Related lunar eclipses edit
Eclipses of 1999 edit
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on January 31.
- An annular solar eclipse on February 16.
- A partial lunar eclipse on July 28.
- A total solar eclipse on August 11.
Lunar year series edit
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
| Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | |
| 109 | 1998 Aug 08 | penumbral | 1.4876 | 114 | 1999 Jan 31 | penumbral | −1.0190 | |
| 119 | 1999 Jul 28 | partial | 0.7863 | 124 | 2000 Jan 21 | total | −0.2957 | |
| 129 | 2000 Jul 16 | total | 0.0302 | 134 | 2001 Jan 09 | total | 0.3720 | |
| 139 | 2001 Jul 05 | partial | −0.7287 | 144 | 2001 Dec 30 | penumbral | 1.0732 | |
| 149 | 2002 Jun 24 | penumbral | −1.4440 | |||||
| Last set | 1998 Sep 06 | Last set | 1998 Mar 13 | |||||
| Next set | 2002 May 26 | Next set | 2002 Nov 20 | |||||
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 126.
Tritos series edit
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 1992
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of June 26, 2010
Tzolkinex edit
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 1992
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2006
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links edit
- Saros cycle 119
- Partial Lunar Eclipse 28 July 1999
- 1999 Jul 28 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC