THC Science

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 18 July 2027
The moon will imperceptibly dim as it clips the Earth's southern penumbral shadow
Series (and member)	110 (72 of 72)
Gamma	-1.576
Magnitude	0.0014
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral	0:11:47
Contacts
P1	15:56:57 UTC
Greatest	16:02:53
P4	16:08:45

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on Sunday, 18 July 2027.^[1] The Moon will barely clip the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow, and the eclipse will be impossible to see in practice. The event is listed as a miss^[2] by some sources.

Visibility[edit]

Insofar as it is visible at all, it will be visible over Asia and Australia.

Related lunar eclipses[edit]

Eclipses in 2027[edit]

An annular solar eclipse on 6 February.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 20 February.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 18 July.
A total solar eclipse on 2 August.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 17 August.

Lunar year series[edit]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2027–2031
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
110	2027 Jul 18	Penumbral	-1.57589	115	2028 Jan 12	Partial	0.98177
120	2028 Jul 06	Partial	-0.79040	125	2028 Dec 31	Total	0.32583
130	2029 Jun 26	Total	0.01240	135	2029 Dec 20	Total	-0.38110
140	2030 Jun 15	Partial	0.75346	145	2030 Dec 09	Penumbral	-1.07315
150	2031 Jun 05	Penumbral	1.47322

Last set	2027 Aug 17			Last set	2027 Feb 20

Next set	2031 May 07			Next set	2031 Oct 30

Saros series[edit]

This eclipse is a member of Saros series 110. The previous event occurred on July 7, 2009. This is the last lunar eclipse of this series.

Half-Saros cycle[edit]

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 117.