The Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of June 5th, 2020

This second lunar eclipse in 2020 is a penumbral lunar eclipse, the June 5th, 2020 penumbral lunar eclipse. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon is gliding inside the 'penumbra' of the Earth only, instead of the darker 'umbra.' for more about Moon eclipses, theoretically, see our tutorial: Moon Eclipses. A penumbral Moon eclipse, generally, is less spectacular than a total or partial one, as the dimming of the Moon may be harder to observe. It's a good show, worth the observation however. With the Moon, for the penumbral lunar eclipse of June 5th, 2020, dipping for some more than half the lunar disk into the Earth's northern area of the penumbra, that eclipse will be of interest and the southern regions of Moon most affected!

The whole of the eclipse is observable in a area extending from the eastern parts of Africa, Asia minor, and Russia down to most of Australia. Like usual either side on that area, a one will have the eclipse already en cours at moonrise and a other, the eclipse interrupted by moonset. The first case applies to a area lying from the southern tip of South America to Europe via westernmost parts of South America and western Africa, as the second to a area running from the Russian Far East to the southern central Pacific ocean via New Zealand. No eclipse is seen at all in North America, a large part of South America, and in central and eastern Pacific ocean. for more about how to observe a lunar eclipse, see our tutorial 'Observing a Moon Eclipse'

Main Data for the penumbral lunar eclipse of June 5th, 2020 (data as of November 2019; EclipseWise.com site):
- umbral magnitude (fraction of Moon's diameter immersed in the penumbra at greatest): -0.4053
- greatest eclipse: 19:25:02.0 UT
- eclipse duration (penumbral): 03h18m13s
- eclipse duration (umbral): na
- eclipse contacts (P1, time of first exterior tangency of Moon with penumbra, beginning of penumbral eclipse; P4, time of last exterior tangency of Moon with penumbra, end of penumbral eclipse; no U1, U4 (which exist for a partial eclipse only) nor U2, U3 (for a total eclipse only); in UT): P1 at 17:45:50 UT, P4 at 21:04:03 UT

see a .pdf map for the penumbral lunar eclipse of June 5th, 2020 (Moon's path into Earth's penumbra and eclipse's visibility worldwide). map courtesy EclipseWise.com

. for more about this eclipse and for more about solar and lunar eclipses generally, you may see at NASA Eclipse Web Site or at Eclipse Wise, Espenak's new personal website