January 2020 lunar eclipse

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January 2020 lunar eclipse

Penumbral eclipse
Near greatest eclipse in Austria, 19:10 UT
Date	10 January 2020
Gamma	1.0726
Magnitude	0.8956
Saros cycle	114 (16 of 71)
Penumbral	244 minutes, 34 seconds
Contacts (UTC) P1 17:07:45 Greatest 19:09:59 P4 21:12:19
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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 10 January 2020. It was the first of four penumbral lunar eclipses in 2020. The moon’s apparent diameter was larger than average because occurred only 3 days before perigee (Perigee on 13 January 2020) and its distance was 375,887 km (233,565 mi).

Visibility map

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  Oria, Italy, 18:09 UTC
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  San Jose del Monte, Philippines, 18:47 UTC
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  Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19:03 UTC
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  Ham, Belgium, 19:08 UTC
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  Tilehurst, England, 19:10 UTC
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  Mosul, Iraq, 19:29 UTC
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  Pamplona, Spain, 20:19 UTC
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  Eclipse sequence from Austria, 18:10–20:10 UTC

• A penumbral lunar eclipse on 10 January.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on 5 June.
• An annular solar eclipse on 21 June.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on 5 July.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on 30 November.
• A total solar eclipse on 14 December.

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 28 November 2012
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of 20 February 2027

• Preceded: Solar eclipse of 4 January 2011
• Followed: Solar eclipse of 14 January 2029

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 9 February 2009
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of 9 December 2030

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 30 December 2001
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of 21 January 2038

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 30 January 1991
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of 20 December 2048

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 12 March 1933
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of 11 November 2106

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2016–2020
Descending node					Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type Viewing	Gamma		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
109	2016 Aug 18	Penumbral	1.56406		114	2017 Feb 11	Penumbral	−1.02548
119	2017 Aug 07	Partial	0.86690		124	2018 Jan 31	Total	−0.30143
129	2018 Jul 27	Total	0.11681		134	2019 Jan 21	Total	0.36842
139	2019 Jul 16	Partial	−0.64300		144	2020 Jan 10	Penumbral	1.07270
149	2020 Jul 05	Penumbral	−1.36387
Last set	2016 Sep 16				Last set	2016 Mar 23
Next set	2020 Jun 05				Next set	2020 Nov 30

It is part of Saros cycle 144.

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 151.

4 January 2011	14 January 2029

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

• 2020 Jan 10 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
• Hermit eclipse: Saros cycle 144
• Hermit eclipse: 10 Jan 2020 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse