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Template:Lunar eclipse set 2056–2060

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This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[1]

The penumbral lunar eclipses on February 1, 2056 and July 26, 2056 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the penumbral lunar eclipses on April 15, 2060 and October 9, 2060 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2056 to 2060
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
111 2056 Jun 27
Penumbral
1.3769 116 2056 Dec 22
Penumbral
−1.1559
121 2057 Jun 17
Partial
0.6167 126 2057 Dec 11
Partial
−0.4853
131 2058 Jun 06
Total
−0.1181 136 2058 Nov 30
Total
0.2208
141 2059 May 27
Partial
−0.9097 146 2059 Nov 19
Partial
0.9004
156 2060 Nov 08
Penumbral
1.5332
  1. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.