July 2027 lunar eclipse explained

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 18 July 2027
align=center colspan=2	The moon will imperceptibly dim as it clips the Earth's southern penumbral shadow
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0		110 (72 of 72)
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0		-1.576
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0		0.0014
align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2	Duration (hr:mn:sc)
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	Penumbral	0:11:47
align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2	Contacts
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	P1
align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0	Greatest	16:02:53
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	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

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

Related lunar eclipses

Eclipses in 2027

• 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.

Saros series

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

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.

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
• August 2016 lunar eclipse

Notes and References

1. http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=110 Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 110
2. Web site: Almost Lunar Eclipse on July 18-19, 2027 – Where and when to See.
3. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros