A total lunar eclipse will take place on Tuesday, June 26, 2029. A dramatic total eclipse lasting 1 hour and 41 minutes 53 seconds will plunge the

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into deep darkness, as it passes right through the centre of the Earth's umbral shadow. While the visual effect of a total eclipse is variable, the

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may be stained a deep orange or red color at maximum eclipse. This will be a great spectacle for everyone who sees it from most of the Americas and western Europe and Africa. The partial eclipse will last for 3 hours and 39 minutes 32 seconds in total. The moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. Totality will last 101 minutes 53 seconds, the maximum duration for Saros series 130. With an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.84362, this is the largest lunar eclipse of the

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. Gamma has a value of only 0.01240. Due to the Moon's relatively large size as seen from

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and greater speed in its elliptical orbit, totality will not last over 106 minutes. This is the darkest and greatest total lunar eclipse in the 21st century.

Visibility

It will be completely visible over South America, seen rising over North America, and setting over Africa and Europe. Lunar eclipse from moon-2029Jun26

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Metonic series

Saros series

Inex series

Tritos

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of July 27, 2018 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2040

Tzolkinex

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2022 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of August 7, 2036

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 annular solar eclipses of

Solar Saros 137 Saros cycle The saros () is a period of exactly 223 synodic months, approximately 6585.3211 days, or 18 years, 10, 11, or 12 days (depending on the number of leap years), and 8 hours, that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. ...

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