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April 2099 lunar eclipse

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April 2099 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse
Date5 April 2099
Gamma−0.9304
Magnitude0.1680
Saros cycle143 (23 of 73)
Partiality88 minutes, 4 seconds
Penumbral257 minutes, 43 seconds
Contacts (UTC)
P106:18:44
U107:43:31
Greatest08:27:35
U409:11:35
P410:36:27
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A partial lunar eclipse will take place on 5 April 2099.

Visibility

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See: List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 150.

March 31, 2090 April 11, 2108

See also

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Notes

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