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Penumbral Lunar Eclipse October 28, 2042
The moon will be imperceptibly dim as the moon clips the Earth's northern penumbral shadow
Series	156 (- of 81)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral	00:02:00^{[citation needed]}
Contacts UTC
P1	19:32:00
Greatest	19:33:00
P4	19:34:00

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on October 28, 2042, according to some sources. This will be 0.4 days after the Moon reached perigee (making it a supermoon). This event marks the beginning of lunar saros cycle 156 according to some sources, and will be visually imperceptible and other sources have this as a miss.^[1]

According to some sources, it will be the last of 5 Metonic cycle eclipses occurring every 19 years on October 28, while the other sources calculate the Moon will miss the shadow.

Visibility edit

Related lunar eclipses edit

Lunar year series (354 days) edit

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2038-2042
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
Descending node			Ascending node
111	2038 Jun 17	Penumbral	116	2038 Dec 11	Penumbral
121	2039 Jun 06	Partial	126	2039 Nov 30	Partial
131	2040 May 26	Total	136	2040 Nov 18	Total
141	2041 May 16	Partial	146	2041 Nov 08	Partial
			156	2042 Oct 28	Penumbral

Last set	2038 Jul 16		Last set	2038 Jan 21

Next set	2042 Apr 05		Next set	2042 Sep 29

Metonic series edit

This eclipse (depending on definitions) is the last of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, October 28–29, each separated by 19 years:

The metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

Metonic events: May 4 and October 28
Descending node	Ascending node
1966 May 4 - Penumbral (111) 1985 May 4 - Total (121) 2004 May 4 - Total (131) 2023 May 5 - Penumbral (141)	1966 Oct 29 - Penumbral (116) 1985 Oct 28 - Total (126) 2004 Oct 28 - Total (136) 2023 Oct 28 - Partial (146) 2042 Oct 28 - Penumbral (156)