July 1999 lunar eclipse explained

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2	Partial Lunar Eclipse July 28, 1999
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0	Series	119 (61 of 83)
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0	Gamma	0.7862
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0	Magnitude	0.3966
align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2	Duration (hr:mn:sc)
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0	Partial	2:22:32
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	Penumbral	5:10:56
align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2	Contacts
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	P1	8:58:15 UTC
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0	U1	10:22:31 UTC
align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0	Greatest	11:33:43 UTC
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0	U4	12:45:03 UTC
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	P4	14:09:11 UTC

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, July 28, 1999, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1999.

Visibility

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Related lunar eclipses

Eclipses of 1999

• A penumbral lunar eclipse on January 31.
• An annular solar eclipse on February 16.
• A partial lunar eclipse on July 28.
• A total solar eclipse on August 11.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 126.

Tritos series

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 1992
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of June 26, 2010

Tzolkinex

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 1992
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2006

See also

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

References

1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links

• Saros cycle 119
• Partial Lunar Eclipse 28 July 1999