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July 1999 lunar eclipse

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Partial Lunar Eclipse
July 28, 1999

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 119 (61 of 83)
Gamma 0.7862
Magnitude 0.3966
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial 2:22:32
Penumbral 5:10:56
Contacts
P1 8:58:15 UTC
U1 10:22:31 UTC
Greatest 11:33:43 UTC
U4 12:45:03 UTC
P4 14:09:11 UTC

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, July 28, 1999, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1999.

Visibility

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Eclipses of 1999

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Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
109 1998 Aug 08
penumbral
1.4876 114 1999 Jan 31
penumbral
−1.0190
119 1999 Jul 28
partial
0.7863 124
2000 Jan 21
total
−0.2957
129 2000 Jul 16
total
0.0302 134
2001 Jan 09
total
0.3720
139 2001 Jul 05
partial
−0.7287 144 2001 Dec 30
penumbral
1.0732
149 2002 Jun 24
penumbral
−1.4440
Last set 1998 Sep 06 Last set 1998 Mar 13
Next set 2002 May 26 Next set 2002 Nov 20

Half-Saros cycle

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A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 126.

July 22, 1990 August 1, 2008

Tritos series

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Tzolkinex

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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