A total

lunar eclipse 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 ...

will take place on November 18, 2040. The southern limb of the

moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. This eclipse is a part of

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. One saros period ...

136, and the second of the series that passes through the center of the Earth's shadow. The first central eclipse of this series will take place on November 8, 2022.

Visibility

It will be completely visible over Central Asia, Africa, and Europe, seen as rising over Western Africa, and South America, and setting over Australia. Lunar eclipse from moon-2040Nov18

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series (354 days)

Saros series

This eclipse is a part of

136, and the second of the series that passes through the center of the Earth's shadow. The first central eclipse of this series will take place on 8 November 2022. The next occurrence will happen on 30 November 2058.

Metonic series

* First eclipse: November 20, 2002. * Second eclipse: November 19, 2021. * Third eclipse: November 18, 2040. * Fourth eclipse: November 19, 2059. * Fifth eclipse: November 19, 2078.

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* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of October 8, 2033 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of January 1, 2048

External links

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