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August 2016 Lunar Eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, 18 August 2016. It was the second of three lunar eclipses in 2016. This was 3.7 days before the Moon reached perigee. There are multiple ways to determine the boundaries of Earth's shadow, so this was a miss according to some sources. The HM National Almanac Office's online canon of eclipses lists this event as the last eclipse on Saros Series 109, while NASA lists August 8, 1998 as the last eclipse of the series, and has this event missing the shadow. Background The Earth's penumbral shadow is larger than would be expected from simple geometry, a phenomenon first observed by Philippe de La Hire in 1707. The precise amount of enlargement varies over time for reasons which are not fully understood, but likely involve the amount of dust in certain layers of the Earth's atmosphere. Various eclipse almanacs have used different assumptions about the magnitude of this effect, resulting in disagreement about the predicted duration of l ...
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Lunar most commonly means "of or relating to the Moon". Lunar may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Lunar'' (series), a series of video games * "Lunar" (song), by David Guetta * "Lunar", a song by Priestess from the 2009 album ''Prior to the Fire'' * Lunars, a fictional race in the series ''The Lunar Chronicles'' by Marissa Meyer Other uses * Lunar Magic, Super Mario World level editor * Lunar Design, or LUNAR, a San Francisco-based design consultancy * Hasselblad Lunar, a digital camera * Lunar, a brandname of Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate, a birth control pill * Lunar C (Jake Brook, born 1990), English rapper See also * * * Lunar calendar, based upon the monthly cycles of the Moon's phase ** Lunar day, in such calendars ** Lunar month, in such calendars * Moon (other) * Luna (other) Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin * Luna (goddess), the ancient Roman personification of the Moon Luna may also refer to: Places ...
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Lunar Eclipse From Moon-2016Aug18
Lunar most commonly means "of or relating to the Moon". Lunar may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Lunar'' (series), a series of video games * "Lunar" (song), by David Guetta * "Lunar", a song by Priestess from the 2009 album ''Prior to the Fire'' * Lunars, a fictional race in the series ''The Lunar Chronicles'' by Marissa Meyer Other uses * Lunar Magic, Super Mario World level editor * Lunar Design, or LUNAR, a San Francisco-based design consultancy * Hasselblad Lunar, a digital camera * Lunar, a brandname of Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate, a birth control pill * Lunar C (Jake Brook, born 1990), English rapper See also * * * Lunar calendar, based upon the monthly cycles of the Moon's phase ** Lunar day, in such calendars ** Lunar month, in such calendars * Moon (other) * Luna (other) Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin * Luna (goddess), the ancient Roman personification of the Moon Luna may also refer to: Places ...
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21st-century Lunar Eclipses
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, a ...
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July 2027 Lunar Eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on 18 July 2027. The Moon will barely clip the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow, and the eclipse will be impossible to see in practice. The event is listed as a miss by some sources. Visibility Insofar as it is visible at all, it will be visible over Asia and Australia. Related lunar eclipses Eclipses in 2027 * An annular solar eclipse on 6 February. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on 20 February. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on 18 July. * A total solar eclipse on 2 August. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on 17 August. Lunar year series Saros series This eclipse is a member of Saros series 110. The previous event occurred on July 7, 2009. This is the last lunar eclipse of this series. Half-Saros cycle A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros'' This lunar eclipse is related to two part ...
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List Of 21st-century Lunar Eclipses
There will be 230 lunar eclipses in the 21st century (2001–2100): 87 penumbral, 58 partial and 85 total. Eclipses are listed in sets by lunar years, repeating every 12 months for each node. Ascending node eclipses are given a red background highlight. See also: List of lunar eclipses, List of 20th-century lunar eclipses, and List of 22nd-century lunar eclipses List of lunar eclipses between 1998 and 2100 Eclipses from August 1998 are included to complete the first eclipse set. References This list was compiled with data calculated by Fred Espenak of NASA's GSFC. {{DEFAULTSORT:21st-Century Lunar Eclipses * Lunar eclipses Lunar eclipses A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ... 21 Science timelines Lunar eclipses by time ...
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List Of Lunar Eclipses
There are several lists of lunar eclipses On the Moon, by the Earth ; Type * List of central lunar eclipses * Total penumbral lunar eclipse ; Classification * List of saros series for lunar eclipses * Tetrad (astronomy) contains lists of tetrads in the late-20th and 21st centuries ; By era * Lunar eclipses by century * Historically significant lunar eclipses Historically significant lunar eclipses are eclipses of the Moon that are mentioned in historical accounts in connection with a significant event. Lunar eclipses are somewhat rare events, although not as rare as solar eclipses, because unlike sol ... On Earth, by the Moon {{DEFAULTSORT:Lunar eclipses ...
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August 1998 Lunar Eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, August 8, 1998, the second of three lunar eclipses that year. Visibility Related lunar eclipses Eclipses of 1998 * A total solar eclipse on February 26. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 13. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 8. * An annular solar eclipse on August 22. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 6. Lunar year series Saros series According to some sources, this lunar eclipse was the final member of Saros series 109. According to other sources, the next event in the series occurred on August 18, 2016. The previous occurrence was on July 27, 1980. See also *List of lunar eclipses *List of 20th-century lunar eclipses A total of 229 lunar eclipses took place in the 20th century: 83 penumbral, 65 partial and 81 total. See also: Lists of lunar eclipses, List of 19th-century lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses List Eclipses from 2001 to 200 ... External links Saros c ...
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September 2016 Lunar Eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 16 September 2016, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2016. Visibility It was visible from Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Gallery Progression as seen from Primorsko, Bulgaria Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of Sep 16, 2016.jpg, Hefei, China, 18:03 UTC 2016.09.16 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (29613161962).jpg, Huittinen, Finland, 18:51 UTC Lunar Eclipse (29104134764).png, Hong Kong, 19:00 UTC Partial lunar eclipse 2016.09.16.jpg, Rabka-Zdrój, Poland, 19:09 UTC 2016-09-16 20-30-00 eclipse-lunaire-ann1.gif, Belfort, France, combined images 2016-09-16 20-30-00 eclipse-lunaire-ann2.gif, Progression from Belfort, France Harvest Moon (29100727543).jpg, Helmshore, England, 20:04 UTC Related eclipses Eclipses of 2016 * Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016, A total solar eclipse on 9 March. * March 2016 lunar eclipse, A penumbral lunar eclipse on 23 March. * August 2016 lunar eclipse, A penumbral lunar eclipse on 18 August. * Solar eclipse of Septemb ...
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Solar Eclipse Of September 1, 2016
An annular solar eclipse occurred on September 1, 2016. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. In this case, annularity was observed in Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, and Reunion. Visibility Animated Path Images Eclipse 20160901 Composition2.jpg, Composition images from L'Étang-Salé, Réunion Eclipse du 1er sept 2016 - la phase maximale (29122380110).jpg, Annularity progression from Les Avirons, Réunion Eclipse Roy Johnson (34700864866).jpg, Partial from Walvis Bay, Namibia, 7:15 UTC Kalemie, Province du Tanganyika, RD Congo L’à ...
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March 2016 Lunar Eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 23 March 2016, the first of three lunar eclipses in 2016. The Moon was just 2.1 days before apogee, making it very small, so this was a " Micromoon" penumbral lunar eclipse. Visibility It was visible from east Asia, Australia, and most of North America. Related eclipses Eclipses of 2016 * A total solar eclipse on 9 March. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on 23 March. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on 18 August. * An annular solar eclipse on 1 September. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on 16 September. This eclipse is the one of four lunar eclipses in a short-lived series at the ascending 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 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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Solar Eclipse Of March 9, 2016
A total solar eclipse took place at the Moon's descending node of the orbit on March 8–9, 2016. If viewed from east of the International Date Line (for instance from Hawaii), the eclipse took place on March 8th (Tuesday) (local time) and elsewhere on March 9th (Wednesday). A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's and the apparent path of the Sun and Moon intersect, blocking all direct sunlight and turning daylight into darkness; the sun appears to be black with a halo around it. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. The eclipse of March 8–9, 2016 had a magnitude of 1.0450 visible across an area of Pacific Ocean, which started in the Indian Ocean, and ended in the northern Pacific Ocean. It was the 52nd eclipse of the 130th Saros cycle, which began with a partial eclipse on August 20, 1059 and will conclude with a partia ...
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Magnitude Of Eclipse
The magnitude of eclipse is the fraction of the angular diameter of a celestial body being eclipsed. This applies to all celestial eclipses. The magnitude of a partial or annular solar eclipse is always between 0.0 and 1.0, while the magnitude of a total solar eclipse is always greater than or equal to 1.0. This measure is strictly a ratio of diameters and should not be confused with the covered fraction of the apparent area (disk) of the eclipsed body. Neither should it be confused with the astronomical magnitude scale of apparent brightness. Effect of the magnitude on a solar eclipse The apparent sizes of the Moon and Sun are both approximately 0.5°, or 30', but both vary because the distance between Earth and Moon varies. (The distance between Earth and Sun also varies, but the effect is slight in comparison.) In an annular solar eclipse, the magnitude of the eclipse is the ratio between the apparent angular diameters of the Moon and that of the Sun during the maximu ...
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