Saros series increment by one on successive Inex events and repeat at alternate ascending and descending lunar nodes. This period is equal to 358 lunations ( synodic months) and 388.5 draconic months. The inex series repeats eclipses 20 days short of 29 years, repeating on average every 10571.95 days.
Solar Saros 136 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series. Lunar Saros 129 contains 11 total lunar eclipses between 19. The next event is the July 2000 lunar eclipse. The previous event was the June 1964 lunar eclipse. This is the 36th member of Lunar Saros 129. It last occurred on Jand will next occur on July 16, 2000. The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 2000 Jul 16, lasting 106 minutes. The two longest occurrence of this series were on Jand Jwhen totality lasted 106 minutes. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on May 24, 1910, and last will be on September 8, 2090. Lunar saros series 129, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 71 events, has 11 total lunar eclipses. Lunar year series Lunar eclipse series sets from 1980–1984 There are seven eclipses in 1982, the maximum possible, including 4 partial solar eclipses: January 25, July 20, June 21, and December 15.
A dramatic total eclipse lasting 1 hour and 46 minutes plunged the full Moon into deep darkness, as it passed right through the centre of the Earth's umbral shadow. The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.Ī total lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, July 6, 1982.