Lunar Eclipses: 2031 - 2040

Fred Espenak

A concise summary of all lunar eclipses from 2031 through 2040 is presented in the table below. The first column gives the Calendar Date of the instant of greatest eclipse[1]. The second column TD of Greatest Eclipse is the Terrestrial Dynamical Time of greatest eclipse. The third column lists the Eclipse Type which is either Total, Partial, or Penumbral.

Eclipses recur over the Saros cycle, a period of approximately 18 years 11 days. Each eclipse belongs to the Saros Series shown in the 4th column. The Umbral Magnitude[2] (column 5) gives the fraction of the Moon's diameter immersed in Earth's umbral shadow at the instant of greatest eclipse. The Eclipse Duration[3] gives the length of the partial eclipse. If the eclipse is total then two durations are listed. The first is the interval between the beginning and end of the partial phases. The second value (in bold) is the duration the total phase. Finally, the Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility[4] provides a brief description of the regions where each eclipse will be seen.

Two fields in the summary table provide links to graphics and additional information for each eclipse. A figure consisting of a diagram and map for each eclipse may be seen by clicking on the Calendar Date. The top diagram shows the Moon's trajectory with respect to Earth's penumbral and umbral shadows. The equidistant cylindrical projection map below illustrates the geographpic region of visibility for each phase of the eclipse. These figures are described in greater detail in the Key to Lunar Eclipse Maps. Each figure is stored as a PDF file of about 110 kilobytes.

All eclipses belonging to a particular Saros Series are listed in a table linked through the Saros number.

The Key to Lunar Eclipse Decade Table contains a more detailed description of each item in the table.

For more data on lunar eclipses during this period, see Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: 2001 to 2100 .

Lunar Eclipses: 2031 - 2040
Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse Eclipse Type Saros Series Umbral Magnitude Eclipse Duration Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility
2031 May 07 03:52:02 Penumbral 112 -0.090 - Americas, Europe, Africa
2031 Jun 05 11:45:17 Penumbral 150 -0.820 - East Indies, Australia, Pacific
2031 Oct 30 07:46:45 Penumbral 117 -0.320 - Americas
2032 Apr 25 15:14:51 Total 122 1.191 03h31m
01h06m
e Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific
2032 Oct 18 19:03:40 Total 127 1.103 03h16m
00h47m
Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia
2033 Apr 14 19:13:51 Total 132 1.094 03h35m
00h49m
Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
2033 Oct 08 10:56:23 Total 137 1.350 03h22m
01h19m
Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas
2034 Apr 03 19:06:59 Penumbral 142 -0.227 - Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
2034 Sep 28 02:47:37 Partial 147 0.014 00h27m Americas, Europe, Africa
2035 Feb 22 09:06:12 Penumbral 114 -0.053 - e Asia, Pacific, Americas
2035 Aug 19 01:12:15 Partial 119 0.104 01h17m Americas, Europe, Africa, Mid East
2036 Feb 11 22:13:06 Total 124 1.299 03h22m
01h14m
Americas, Europe, Africa,, Asia, w Australia
2036 Aug 07 02:52:32 Total 129 1.454 03h51m
01h35m
Americas, Europe, Africa, w Asia
2037 Jan 31 14:01:38 Total 134 1.207 03h17m
01h04m
e Europe, e Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific, N.A.
2037 Jul 27 04:09:53 Partial 139 0.809 03h12m Americas, Europe, Africa
2038 Jan 21 03:49:52 Penumbral 144 -0.114 - Americas, Europe, Africa
2038 Jun 17 02:45:02 Penumbral 111 -0.527 - e N. America, C. & S. America, Africa, w Europe
2038 Jul 16 11:35:56 Penumbral 149 -0.495 - Australia, e Asia, Pacific, w Americas
2038 Dec 11 17:44:60 Penumbral 116 -0.289 - Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
2039 Jun 06 18:54:25 Partial 121 0.885 02h59m Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
2039 Nov 30 16:56:28 Partial 126 0.943 03h26m Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific
2040 May 26 11:46:22 Total 131 1.535 03h31m
01h32m
e Asia, Australia, Pacific, w Americas
2040 Nov 18 19:04:41 Total 136 1.397 03h40m
01h28m
e Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia

Geographic abbreviations (used above): n = north, s = south, e = east, w = west, c = central


[1] Greatest Eclipse is the instant when the distance between the axis of Earth's umbral shadow and the center of the Moon's disk reaches a minimum.

[2] Umbral magnitude is the fraction of the Moon's diameter obscured by Earth's umbral shadow at the instant of greatest eclipse. For total eclipses, the umbral magnitude is always greater than or equal to 1. For partial eclipses, the umbral magnitude is always greater than 0 and less than 1. For penumbral eclipses, the umbral magnitude is always negative (i.e., less than 0).

[3] Eclipse Duration is the duration of the partial phase of a partial eclipse. For total eclipses two values are given. The first is the period between the beginning and end of the partial phases, while the second value (in bold is the duration of the total phase.

[4] Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility is the portion of Earth's surface where some portion of the eclipse can be seen.


Decade Tables of Lunar Eclipses

Every link in the following table displays a page containing 10 years of lunar eclipses. Each eclipse has links to diagrams, maps and saros tables.

Ten Year Tables of Lunar Eclipses
Decades
1901-1910 1911-1920 1921-1930 1931-1940 1941-1950
1951-1960 1961-1970 1971-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000
2001-2010 2011-2020 2021-2030 2031-2040 2041-2050
2051-2060 2061-2070 2071-2080 2081-2090 2091-2100

Lunar Eclipse Catalogs
Lunar Eclipse Resources
Lunar Eclipse Publications Online

Special thanks to National Space Club summer interns Christopher Barrow for his valuable assistance in preparing this web page (July 2004) and Sumit Dutta for meticulously updating the Eclipse Web Site to NASA/W3C standards (July 2005).

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Some of the information presented on this web site is based on data published in Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000.

Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC"

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2013 Dec 09