| bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2 | Partial Lunar Eclipse 4 June 2012 | |
|---|---|---|
| align=center colspan=2 | From Brisbane, Australia, 11:06 UTC | |
| align=center colspan=2 | The Moon passed partially into the northern umbral shadow of the Earth. | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 140 (25 of 80) | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2 | Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | Partial | 2:06:35 |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | Penumbral | 4:30:02 |
| align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2 | Contacts (UTC) | |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P1 | 8:48:11 |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U1 | 9:59:53 |
| align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0 | Greatest | 11:03:12 |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U4 | 12:06:28 |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P4 | 13:18:13 |
| align=center colspan=2 | The Moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Ophiuchus (north of Scorpius) |
This lunar eclipse, occurring during June's "Strawberry" full moon[1] was completely visible over Australia, rising over eastern Asia and setting over western North America. New England and eastern Canada missed the entire eclipse since the event began after moonset in those regions. The eclipse was visible in the central United States.
Amongst those in North America, observers in western Canada and the USA had the best views with moonset occurring sometime after mid-eclipse.
This eclipse was one of five lunar eclipses in a short-lived series. The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days (Shifting back about 10 days in sequential years). Because of the date shift, the Earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.
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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 147.