January 1999 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on January 31, 1999, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1999.

This was a relatively rare total penumbral lunar eclipse with the moon passing entirely within the penumbral shadow without entering the darker umbral shadow.^[1]

Visibility

Images

This simulated view compares this penumbral eclipse (left) to the full moon (right) as it appeared an hour before the eclipse.

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
109	1998 Aug 08	Penumbral	114	1999 Jan 31	Penumbral
119	1999 Jul 28	Partial	124	2000 Jan 21	Total
129	2000 Jul 16	Total	134	2001 Jan 09	Total
139	2001 Jul 05	Partial	144	2001 Dec 30	Penumbral
149	2002 Jun 24	Penumbral

Last set	1998 Sep 06		Last set	1998 Mar 13

Next set	2002 May 26		Next set	2002 Nov 20

Notes

↑ Total Penumbral Lunar Eclipses, Jean Meeus, June 1980

External links

1999 Jan 31 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
Saros cycle 114

Lunar eclipses

Lists of lunar eclipses

Lunar eclipses
by century

Lunar eclipses
by Saros series

Partial eclipses
1950–2049

Total eclipses
1950–2049

Penumbral eclipses

Partial	Previous penumbral: 2013 Oct 18 Next penumbral: → 2016 Mar 23

Total	1963 Jan 09 1981 Jan 20 1988 Mar 03 1999 Jan 31 2006 Mar 14 → 2053 Aug 29

See also

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