July 1999 lunar eclipse
A partial lunar eclipse took place on July 28, 1999, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1999.
| 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) |
| 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 |
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Eclipses of 1999
Lunar year series
| 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.jpg) |
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
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.
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
References
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- Saros cycle 119
- Partial Lunar Eclipse 28 July 1999
- 1999 Jul 28 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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