This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "August 2055 lunar eclipse" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) | August 2055 lunar eclipsePartial eclipse The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. Date| August 7, 2055 (2055-08-07) Gamma| −0.4769 Magnitude| 0.9594 Saros cycle| 139 (22 of 79) <- February 2055 lunar eclipse February 2056 lunar eclipse -> A partial lunar eclipse will take place on August 7, 2055. It will last 3 hours, 23 minutes, and 23 seconds.[1] It will be the last of the first set of partial eclipses in Lunar Saros 139. ## Contents * 1 Visibility * 2 Related eclipses * 2.1 Saros cycle * 2.2 Lunar year series * 2.3 Half-Saros cycle * 3 References ## Visibility[edit] ## Related eclipses[edit] ### Saros cycle[edit] Lunar Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 79 lunar eclipse events including 42 umbral lunar eclipses (15 partial lunar eclipses and 27 total lunar eclipses).. Greatest | First | The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2199 Nov 02, lasting 102 minutes.[2] | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central 1658 Dec 09 | 1947 Jun 03 | 2073 Aug 17 | 2109 Sep 09 Last Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral 2488 Apr 26 | 2542 May 30 | 2686 Aug 25 | 3065 Apr 13 1901–2100 1911 May 13 | 1929 May 23 | 1947 Jun 03 | | | | | | | 1965 Jun 14 | 1983 Jun 25 | 2001 Jul 05 | | | | | 2019 Jul 16 | 2037 Jul 27 | 2055 Aug 07 | | | | | 2073 Aug 17 | 2091 Aug 29 | | | ### Lunar year series[edit] Lunar eclipse series sets from 2053-2056 Ascending node | | Descending node | | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart 114 | 2053 Mar 04 | Penumbral | 119 | 2053 Aug 29 | Penumbral 124 | 2054 Feb 22 | Total | 129 | 2054 Aug 18 | Total 134 | 2055 Feb 11 | Total | 139 | 2055 Aug 07 | Partial 144 | 2056 Feb 01 | Penumbral | 149 | 2056 Jul 26 | Partial Last set | 2052 Apr 14 | Last set | 2052 Oct 08 Next set | 2056 Dec 22 | Next set | 2056 Jun 27 ### Half-Saros cycle[edit] A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 139. August 2, 2046 | August 12, 2064 | ## References[edit] 1. ^ "Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: 2001 to 2100". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 20 May 2021. 2. ^ Listing of Eclipses of cycle 139 3. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros * v * t * e Lunar eclipses Lists of lunar eclipses| * Central total eclipses * Total penumbral eclipses * Historically significant * By century Lunar eclipses by era| * Modern era * 20th * 21st * Future * 22nd Lunar eclipses by saros series| * 100 * 101 * 102 * 103 * 104 * 105 * 106 * 107 * 108 * 109 * 110 * 111 * 112 * 113 * 114 * 115 * 116 * 117 * 118 * 119 * 120 * 121 * 122 * 123 * 124 * 125 * 126 * 127 * 128 * 129 * 130 * 131 * 132 * 133 * 134 * 135 * 136 * 137 * 138 * 139 * 140 * 141 * 142 * 143 * 144 * 145 * 146 * 147 * 148 * 149 * 150 * 151 * 152 * 153 * 154 * 155 * 156 * 157 * 158 * 159 * 160 * 161 * 162 * 163 Partial eclipses * 1903 Apr * 1914 Mar * 1916 Jul * 1952 Feb * 1952 Aug * 1954 Jul * 1955 Nov * 1956 May * 1958 May * 1959 Mar * 1961 Mar * 1961 Aug * 1963 Jul * 1965 Jun * 1970 Feb * 1970 Aug * 1972 Jul * 1973 Dec * 1974 Jun * 1976 May * 1977 Apr * 1979 Mar * 1981 Jul * 1983 Jun * 1988 Aug * 1990 Aug * 1991 Dec * 1992 Jun * 1994 May * 1995 Apr * 1997 Mar * 1999 Jul * 2001 Jul * 2005 Oct * 2006 Sep * 2008 Aug * 2009 Dec * 2010 Jun * 2012 Jun * 2013 Apr * 2017 Aug * 2019 Jul * 2021 Nov * → 2023 Oct * 2024 Sep * 2026 Aug * 2028 Jan * 2028 Jul * 2030 Jun * 2034 Sep * 2035 Aug * 2037 Jul * 2039 Jun * 2039 Nov * 2041 May * 2041 Nov * 2046 Jan * 2046 Jul * 2048 Jun * 2052 Oct * 2055 Aug * 2075 Jun * 2099 Apr Total eclipses * 1504 Mar * 1910 May * 1913 Sep * 1920 May * 1950 Apr * 1950 Sep * 1953 Jan * 1953 Jul * 1954 Jan * 1956 Nov * 1957 May * 1957 Nov * 1960 Mar * 1960 Sep * 1963 Dec * 1964 Jun * 1964 Dec * 1967 Apr * 1967 Oct * 1968 Apr * 1968 Oct * 1971 Feb * 1971 Aug * 1972 Jan * 1974 Nov * 1975 May * 1975 Nov * 1978 Mar * 1978 Sep * 1979 Sep * 1982 Jan * 1982 Jul * 1982 Dec * 1985 May * 1985 Oct * 1986 Apr * 1986 Oct * 1989 Feb * 1989 Aug * 1990 Feb * 1992 Dec * 1993 Jun * 1993 Nov * 1996 Apr * 1996 Sep * 1997 Sep * 2000 Jan * 2000 Jul * 2001 Jan * 2003 May * 2003 Nov * 2004 May * 2004 Oct * 2007 Mar * 2007 Aug * 2008 Feb * 2010 Dec * 2011 Jun * 2011 Dec * 2014 Apr * 2014 Oct * 2015 Apr * 2015 Sep * 2018 Jan * 2018 Jul * 2019 Jan * 2021 May * 2022 May * → 2022 Nov * 2025 Mar * 2025 Sep * 2026 Mar * 2028 Dec * 2029 Jun * 2029 Dec * 2032 Apr * 2032 Oct * 2033 Apr * 2033 Oct * 2036 Feb * 2036 Aug * 2037 Jan * 2040 May * 2040 Nov * 2043 Mar * 2043 Sep * 2044 Mar * 2044 Sep * 2047 Jan * 2047 Jul * 2048 Jan * 2050 May * 2050 Oct * 2051 Apr * 2051 Oct * 2054 Feb * 2054 Aug * 2055 Feb * 2058 Jun * 2065 Jul * 2069 May * 2072 Aug * 2076 Jun * 2083 Jul * 2084 Jan * 2087 May * 2090 Sep * 2094 Jun * 2123 Jun * 2170 May Penumbral eclipses | Partial| * 23 Mar 1940 * 22 Apr 1940 * 16 Oct 1940 * 1951 Feb 21 * 1951 Mar 23 * 1951 Aug 17 * 1951 Sep 15 * 1955 Jan 08 * 1955 Jun 05 * 1958 Apr 04 * 1958 Oct 27 * 1959 Sep 17 * 1962 Feb 19 * 1962 Jul 17 * 1962 Aug 15 * 1965 Dec 08 * 1966 May 04 * 1966 Oct 29 * 1969 Apr 02 * 1969 Aug 27 * 1969 Sep 25 * 1973 Jan 18 * 1973 Jun 15 * 1973 Jul 15 * 1976 Nov 06 * 1977 Sep 27 * 1980 Mar 01 * 1980 Jul 27 * 1980 Aug 26 * 1983 Dec 20 * 1984 May 15 * 1984 Jun 13 * 1984 Nov 08 * 1987 Apr 14 * 1987 Oct 07 * 1991 Jan 30 * 1991 Jun 27 * 1991 Jul 26 * 1994 Nov 18 * 1995 Oct 08 * 1998 Mar 13 * 1998 Aug 08 * 1998 Sep 06 * 2001 Dec 30 * 2002 May 26 * 2002 Jun 24 * 2002 Nov 20 * 2005 Apr 24 * 2009 Feb 09 * 2009 Jul 07 * 2009 Aug 06 * 2012 Nov 28 * 2013 May 25 * 2013 Oct 18 * 2016 Mar 23 * 2016 Aug 18 * 2016 Sep 16 * 2017 Feb 11 * 2020 Jan 10 * 2020 Jun 05 * 2020 Jul 05 * 2020 Nov 30 * → 2023 May 05 * 2024 Mar 25 * 2027 Feb 20 * 2027 Jul 18 * 2027 Aug 17 * 2030 Dec 09 * 2031 May 07 * 2031 Jun 05 * 2031 Oct 30 * 2034 Apr 03 * 2035 Feb 22 * 2038 Jan 21 * 2038 Jun 17 * 2038 Jul 16 * 2038 Dec 11 * 2042 Apr 05 * 2042 Oct 28 * 2045 Mar 03 * 2045 Aug 27 * 2048 Dec 20 * 2049 May 17 * 2049 Jun 15 * 2049 Nov 09 * 2052 Apr 14 * 2053 Mar 04 * 2060 Nov 08 * 2107 May 7 | Total| * 1963 Jan 09 * 1981 Jan 20 * 1988 Mar 03 * 1999 Jan 31 * 2006 Mar 14 * → 2053 Aug 29 * 2070 Apr 25 See also| * Danjon scale * Gamma * Solar eclipse * Category * → symbol denotes next eclipse in series This Lunar eclipse-related article is a stub. 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