January 2019 lunar eclipse
| Total lunar eclipse January 21, 2019 | |
|---|---|
Ecliptic north up The moon will pass west to east (right to left) through the Earth's shadow. | |
| Saros (and member) | 134 (27 of 73) |
| Gamma | +0.3684 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | 1:01:59 |
| Partial | 3:16:45 |
| Penumbral | 5:11:30 |
| Contacts (UTC) | |
| P1 | 2:36:30 |
| U1 | 3:33:54 |
| U2 | 4:41:17 |
| Greatest | 5:12:16 |
| U3 | 5:43:16 |
| U4 | 6:50:39 |
| P4 | 7:48:00 |
A total lunar eclipse will take place on January 21, 2019.
Visibility
It will be visible over north-west Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
 View of earth from moon during greatest eclipse |
 Visibility map |
Related eclipses
Lunar year series
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 2016–2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Date | Type Viewing |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 109 | 2016 Aug 18 |
Penumbral |
114 | 2017 Feb 11 |
Penumbral | |
| 119 | 2017 Aug 07 |
Partial |
124 | 2018 Jan 31 |
Total | |
| 129 | 2018 Jul 27 |
Total |
134 | 2019 Jan 21 |
Total | |
| 139 | 2019 Jul 16 |
Partial |
144 | 2020 Jan 10 |
Penumbral | |
| 149 | 2020 Jul 05 |
Penumbral | ||||
| Last set | 2016 Sep 16 | Last set | 2016 Mar 23 | |||
| Next set | 2020 Jun 05 | Next set | 2020 Nov 30 | |||
Saros series
It is part of Saros cycle 134.
See also
External links
- 2019 Jan 21 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Hermit eclipse: 2019-01-21
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