July 2027 lunar eclipse

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 18 July 2027
The moon will imperceptibly dim as it clips the Earth's southern penumbral shadow
Series (and member)	110 (72 of 72)
Gamma	-1.576
Magnitude	0.0014
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral	0:11:47
Contacts
P1	15:56:57 UTC
Greatest	16:02:53
P4	16:08:45

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on Sunday, 18 July 2027.^[1] The Moon will barely clip the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow, and the eclipse will be impossible to see in practice. The event is listed as a miss^[2] by some sources.

Visibility[edit]

Insofar as it is visible at all, it will be visible over Asia and Australia.

Related lunar eclipses[edit]

Eclipses in 2027[edit]

An annular solar eclipse on 6 February.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 20 February.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 18 July.
A total solar eclipse on 2 August.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 17 August.

Lunar year series[edit]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2027–2031
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
110	2027 Jul 18	Penumbral	115	2028 Jan 12	Partial
120	2028 Jul 06	Partial	125	2028 Dec 31	Total
130	2029 Jun 26	Total	135	2029 Dec 20	Total
140	2030 Jun 15	Partial	145	2030 Dec 09	Penumbral
150	2031 Jun 05	Penumbral

Last set	2027 Aug 17		Last set	2027 Feb 20

Next set	2031 May 07		Next set	2031 Oct 30

Saros series[edit]

This eclipse is a member of Saros series 110. The previous event occurred on July 7, 2009. This is the last lunar eclipse of this series.

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 117.