January 2038 lunar eclipse

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse January 21, 2038
The moon will perceptibly dim as the moon passed through the Earth's northern penumbral shadow
Series	114 (17 of 70)
Gamma	-1.0710
Magnitude	0.8996
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral	4:05:48
Contacts UTC
P1	1:46:58
Greatest	3:49:52
P4	5:52:46

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on January 21, 2038. It will be visible to the naked eye as 89.96% of the Moon will be immersed in Earth's penumbral shadow. It is the first of 4 penumbral lunar eclipses in 2038, with the next eclipse on 17 June.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2035-2038

Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
114	2035 Feb 22	Penumbral		119	2035 Aug 19	Partial
124	2036 Feb 11	Total		129	2036 Aug 07	Total
134	2037 Jan 31	Total		139	2037 Jul 27	Partial
144	2038 Jan 21	Penumbral		149	2038 Jul 16	Penumbral
Last set	2034 Apr 03			Last set	2034 Sep 28
Next set	2038 Jun 17			Next set	2038 Dec 11

Saros cycle

Lunar Saros series 144, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 20 total lunar eclipses.

First Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 1749 Jul 29

First Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2146 Mar 28

First Total Lunar Eclipse: 2308 Jul 04

First Central Lunar Eclipse: 2362 Aug 06

Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 144: 2416 Sep 07

Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 2488 Oct 20

Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2651 Jan 28

Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2867 Jun 08

Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 3011 Sep 04

See also

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

External links

• 2038 Jan 21 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC