lunar eclipse
notablePenumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon moves through Earth's penumbra, with gentle dimming rather than a sharply defined eclipse boundary.
Earlier in the record
Previous eclipse in Saros 148
6 August 2009
The preceding member of this lunar-eclipse series occurred on August 6, 2009.
NASA GSFC Saros 148 catalogueWhere to look
GLOBAL EVENT. It is observable where the Moon is above the horizon during the eclipse; local visibility has not been calculated for this observer.
Global event · local visibility
Local eclipse circumstances are not calculated. Seeing the Sun or Moon above the horizon alone does not establish that this eclipse is visible from your location.
Penumbral magnitude: 0.5456
Source phase window: 05:24–09:03 UTC.
Technical source record
2027 · NASA-2027-148-penumbral-lunar-eclipse-2027-08-17 · retrieved 2026-09-30
Saros 148 · magnitude/duration from the NASA GSFC record.
ObserverExample sky· UTC
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