June 1983 lunar eclipse
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, June 25, 1983. The Earth's shadow on the moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 33% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 15 minutes.[1]
| Partial Lunar Eclipse June 25, 1983 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 139 (20 of 81) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | |
| Penumbral | |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | UTC |
| U1 | |
| Greatest | |
| U4 | |
| P4 | |
Visibility
It was completely visible over Australia, Pacific and the Americas.
Related lunar eclipses
Eclipses in 1983
- A total solar eclipse at the Moon's ascending node of the orbit on Saturday, June 11th, 1983.
- A partial lunar eclipse at the Moon's descending node of the orbit on Saturday, June 25th, 1983.
- An annular solar eclipse at the Moon's descending node of the orbit on Sunday, December 04th, 1983.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse at the Moon's ascending node of the orbit on Tuesday, December 20th, 1983.
Lunar year series
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 1980–1984 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
| 109 | 1980 Jul 27 |
Penumbral |
1.41391 | 114 | 1981 Jan 20 |
Penumbral |
-1.01421 | |
| 119 | 1981 Jul 17 |
Partial |
0.70454 | 124 | 1982 Jan 09 |
Total |
-0.29158 | |
| 129 | 1982 Jul 06 |
Total |
-0.05792 | 134 | 1982 Dec 30 |
Total |
0.37579 | |
| 139 | 1983 Jun 25 |
Partial |
-0.81520 | 144 | 1983 Dec 20 |
Penumbral |
1.07468 | |
| 149 | 1984 Jun 13 |
Penumbral |
-1.52403 | |||||
| Last set | 1980 Aug 26 | Last set | 1980 Mar 13 | |||||
| Next set | 1984 May 15 | Next set | 1984 Nov 08 | |||||
Half-Saros cycle
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 146.
| June 20, 1974 | June 30, 1992 |
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Saros cycle
Lunar Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 79 lunar eclipse events including 42 umbral lunar eclipses (15 partial lunar eclipses and 27 total lunar eclipses)..
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The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2199 Nov 02, lasting 102 minutes.[3] |
Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| 1658 Dec 09 | 1947 Jun 03 | 2073 Aug 17 | 2109 Sep 09 | |
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| 2488 Apr 26 | 2542 May 30 | 2686 Aug 25 | 3065 Apr 13 | |
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Notes
- Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 139
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
- Listing of Eclipses of cycle 139
External links
- 1983 Jun 25 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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