November 2040 lunar eclipse explained

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2Total lunar eclipse
November 18, 2040
align=center colspan=2Ecliptic north up

The Moon’s southern limb will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow.
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0136 (21 of 72)
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align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2Duration (hr:mn:sc)
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 Totality 87:28
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 Partial 3:40:24
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 Penumbral 5:53:36
align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2Contacts (UTC)
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 P1 16:07:52
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 U1 17:14:28
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 U2 18:20:46
align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0Greatest 19:04:40
align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 U3 19:48:34
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 U4 20:54:52
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 P4 22:01:28
A total lunar eclipse will take place on November 18, 2040. The southern limb of the Moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow.

This eclipse is a part of a Saros cycle 136, and the second of the series that passes through the center of the Earth's shadow. The first central eclipse of this series took place on November 8, 2022.

Visibility

It will be completely visible over Central Asia, Africa, and Europe, seen as rising over Western Africa, and South America, and setting over Australia.

Related lunar eclipses

Saros series

This eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 136, and the second of the series that passes through the center of the Earth's shadow. The first central eclipse of this series will take place on 8 November 2022. The next occurrence will happen on 30 November 2058.

Metonic series

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See also

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