Penumbral Lunar Eclipse December 9, 2030
The moon will perceptibly dim as the moon passed through the Earth's northern penumbral shadow
Series (and member)	145
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral
Contacts
P1	UTC
Greatest
P4

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on Monday, December 9, 2030.^[1]

Related lunar eclipses[edit]

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

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).^[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 152.

December 4, 2021	December 15, 2039

See also[edit]

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

Notes[edit]

External links[edit]

• 2030 Dec 09 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC