February 2055 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse will take place on February 11, 2055.

February 2055 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
Hourly snapshots of the Moon traveling through the Earth's shadow
Date2055 February 11
Gamma0.3526
Magnitude1.2246
Saros cycle134 (29 of 73)
Totality66 minutes
Partiality198 minutes 25 seconds
Penumbral312 minutes 52 seconds
Contacts (UTC)
P120:08:07
U121:05:22
U222:11:35
Greatest22:44:34
U323:17:34 (February 11)
U400:23:47 (February 12)
P401:20:59

This eclipse is the third of an almost tetrad, the others being 22 February 2054 (T), 18 August 2054 (T) and 7 August 2055 (P).

Visibility

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View of the Earth from the Moon at greatest eclipse

The entire eclipse will be visible from Africa, Europe, and the western half of Asia. Part or most of the eclipse will be visible from the Americas (except for westernmost North America), the eastern half of Asia, and western Australia.

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Tritos series

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The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.

This series produces 23 total eclipses between June 22, 1880 and August 9, 2120.

Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2100)
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
chart
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
chart
120 1902 Apr 22
 
Total
 
121 1913 Mar 22
 
Total
 
122 1924 Feb 20
 
Total
 
123 1935 Jan 19
 
Total
 
124 1945 Dec 19
 
Total
 
125 1956 Nov 18
 
Total
 
126 1967 Oct 18
 
Total
 
127 1978 Sep 16
 
Total
 
128 1989 Aug 17
 
Total
 
129 2000 Jul 16
 
Total
 
130 2011 Jun 15
 
Total
 
131 2022 May 16
 
Total
 
132 2033 Apr 14
 
Total
 
133 2044 Mar 13
 
Total
 
134 2055 Feb 11
 
Total
 
135 2066 Jan 11
 
Total
 
136 2076 Dec 10
 
Total
 
137 2087 Nov 10
 
Total
 
138 2098 Oct 10
 
Total
 

Inex series

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The inex series repeats eclipses 20 days short of 29 years, repeating on average every 10571.95 days. This period is equal to 358 lunations (synodic months) and 388.5 draconic months. Saros series increment by one on successive Inex events and repeat at alternate ascending and descending lunar nodes.

This period is 383.6734 anomalistic months (the period of the Moon's elliptical orbital precession). Despite the average 0.05 time-of-day shift between subsequent events, the variation of the Moon in its elliptical orbit at each event causes the actual eclipse time to vary significantly. It is a part of Lunar Inex series 35.

Series events from 1500–2500
Descending node Ascending node Descending node Ascending node
Saros Date
Chart
Saros Date
Chart
Saros Date
Chart
Saros Date
Chart
115 1505 Feb 18
 
116 1534 Jan 30
 
117 1563 Jan 9 118 1591 Dec 30
119 1620 Dec 9 120 1649 Nov 19 121 1678 Oct 29 122 1707 Oct 11
123 1736 Sep 20 124 1765 Aug 30 125 1794 Aug 11 126 1823 Jul 23
127 1852 Jul 1 128 1881 Jun 12 129 1910 May 24
 
130 1939 May 3
 
131 1968 Apr 13
 
132 1997 Mar 24
 
133 2026 Mar 3
 
134 2055 Feb 11
 
135 2084 Jan 22
 
136 2113 Jan 2 137 2141 Dec 13 138 2170 Nov 23
139 2199 Nov 2 140 2228 Oct 14 141 2257 Sep 24 142 2286 Sep 3
143 2315 Aug 16 144 2344 Jul 26 145 2373 Jul 5 146 2402 Jun 16
147 2431 May 27 148 2460 May 5
 
149 2489 Apr 16
 

Lunar year series

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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

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See also

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Notes

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