September 2043 lunar eclipse
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| Date | 19 September 2043 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | −0.3316 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.2556[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 128 (42 of 71[2]) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 71 minutes 44 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 206 minutes 2 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 325 minutes 45 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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A total lunar eclipse will take place on September 19, 2043.
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 113 | 2042 Apr 05
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Penumbral
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118 | 2042 Sep 29
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Penumbral
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| 123 | 2043 Mar 25
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Total
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128 | 2043 Sep 19
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Total
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| 133 | 2044 Mar 13
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Total
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138 | 2044 Sep 07
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Total
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| 143 | 2045 Mar 03
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Penumbral
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148 | 2045 Aug 27
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Penumbral
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| Last set | 2041 May 16 | Last set | 2042 Nov 08 | |||
| Next set | 2046 Jan 22 | Next set | 2046 Jul 18 | |||
Tritos series
The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.
This series produces 20 total eclipses between April 24, 1967 and August 11, 2185, only being partial on November 19, 2021.
| Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2087) | ||||||
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| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type chart | |
| 115 | 1901 Oct 27
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Partial
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116 | 1912 Sep 26
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Partial
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| 117 | 1923 Aug 26
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Partial
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118 | 1934 Jul 26
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Partial
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| 119 | 1945 Jun 25
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Partial
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120 | 1956 May 24
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Partial
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| 121 | 1967 Apr 24
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Total
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122 | 1978 Mar 24
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Total
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| 123 | 1989 Feb 20
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Total
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124 | 2000 Jan 21
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Total
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| 125 | 2010 Dec 21
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Total
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126 | 2021 Nov 19
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Partial
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| 127 | 2032 Oct 18
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Total
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128 | 2043 Sep 19
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Total
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| 129 | 2054 Aug 18
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Total
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130 | 2065 Jul 17
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Total
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| 131 | 2076 Jun 17
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Total
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132 | 2087 May 17
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Total
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| 133 | 2098 Apr 15
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Total
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Saros series
Lunar saros series 128, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 57 umbral eclipses (42 partial lunar eclipses and 15 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.
| Greatest | First | |||
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 The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1953 Jul 26, lasting 108 minutes.[3] |
Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| 1304 Jun 18 | 1430 Sep 2 | 1845 May 21 | 1899 Jun 23 | |
| Last | ||||
| Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
| 2007 Aug 28 | 2097 May 21 | 2440 May 17 | 2566 Aug 2 | |
| 1917 Jul 4 | 1935 Jul 16 | 1953 Jul 26 | |||
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| 1971 Aug 6 | 1989 Aug 17 | 2007 Aug 28 | |||
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| 2025 Sep 7 | 2043 Sep 19 | 2061 Sep 29 | |||
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| 2079 Oct 10 | 2097 Oct 21 | ||||
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Lunar Saros 128 contains 15 total lunar eclipses between 1845 and 2097 (in years 1845, 1863, 1881, 1899, 1917, 1935, 1953, 1971, 1989, 2007, 2025, 2043, 2061, 2079 and 2097). Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros 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).[4] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 135.
| September 12, 2034 | September 22, 2052 |
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See also
- List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
Notes
- ^ For a partial or total lunar eclipse, this value denotes the umbral magnitude. For a penumbral lunar eclipse, this denotes the penumbral magnitude.
- ^ Lunar Saros 128 - Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC)
- ^ Listing of Eclipses of cycle 128
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 2043 Sep 19 chart: Eclipse Predictions by GSFC
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