Partial Lunar Eclipse 4 June 2012
From Brisbane, Australia, 11:06 UTC
The Moon passed partially into the northern umbral shadow of the Earth.
Series (and member)	140 (25 of 80)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial	2:06:35
Penumbral	4:30:02
Contacts (UTC)
P1	8:48:11
U1	9:59:53
Greatest	11:03:12
U4	12:06:28
P4	13:18:13
The Moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Ophiuchus (north of Scorpius)

A partial lunar eclipse took place on 4 June 2012. It was the first of two lunar eclipses occurring in 2012, the second eclipse set to happen on 28 November. The Moon was about 37% covered by the Earth's northern umbral shadow at maximum eclipse.

Visibility

This lunar eclipse, occurring during June's "Strawberry" full moon^[1] was completely visible over Australia, rising over eastern Asia and setting over western North America. New England and eastern Canada missed the entire eclipse since the event began after moonset in those regions. The eclipse was visible in the central United States.

Amongst those in North America, observers in western Canada and the USA had the best views with moonset occurring sometime after mid-eclipse.

This simulation shows the Earth at the time of greatest eclipse as viewed from the center of the Moon. The Sun is seen here as a partial solar eclipse over the Earth's north pole.

Gallery

Elko, Nevada, 10:58 UTC
Redcliffe, Queensland, 11:06 UTC
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 11:20 UTC
Marikina, Philippines, 11:33 UTC
From Beijing at moonrise, 12:09 UTC
Time lapse image from Villa Gesell, Argentina

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2012

An annular solar eclipse on 20 May.
A partial lunar eclipse on 4 June.
A total solar eclipse on 13 November.
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 28 November.

Lunar year (354 days)

This eclipse was one of five lunar eclipses in a short-lived series. The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days (Shifting back about 10 days in sequential years). Because of the date shift, the Earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2009–2013
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros # Photo	Date Viewing	Type chart	Gamma	Saros # Photo	Date Viewing	Type chart	Gamma
110	2009 Jul 07	penumbral	−1.4916	115	2009 Dec 31	partial	0.9766
120	2010 Jun 26	partial	−0.7091	125	2010 Dec 21	total	0.3214
130	2011 Jun 15	total	0.0897	135	2011 Dec 10	total	−0.3882
140	2012 Jun 04	partial	0.8248	145	2012 Nov 28	penumbral	−1.0869
150	2013 May 25	penumbral	1.5351

Last set	2009 Aug 06			Last set	2009 Feb 9

Next set	2013 Apr 25			Next set	2013 Oct 18

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 147.