June 2076 lunar eclipse

{{Short description|Central lunar eclipse}}

{{Infobox lunar eclipse

| type = total

| image = Lunar eclipse chart close-2076Jun17.png

| caption = The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left

| date = June 17, 2076

| gamma = −0.0452

| magnitude = 1.7959

| saros_ser = 131

| saros_no = 37 of 72

| totality = 100 minutes, 10 seconds

| partiality = 215 minutes, 5 seconds

| penumbral = 325 minutes, 21 seconds

| p1 = 23:54:35

| u1 = 0:49:46

| u2 = 1:47:13

| greatest = 2:37:18

| u3 = 3:27:23

| u4 = 4:24:51

| p4 = 5:19:56

| previous = December 2075

| next = December 2076

}}

A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, June 17, 2076,{{cite web|title=June 16–17, 2076 Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon)|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2076-june-17|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=14 December 2024}} with an umbral magnitude of 1.7959. It will be a central lunar eclipse, in which part of the Moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 1.9 days before perigee (on June 18, 2076, at 20:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=2076&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=14 December 2024}}

While the visual effect of a total eclipse is variable, the Moon may be stained a deep orange or red color at maximum eclipse. With a gamma value of only −0.0452 and an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.7959, this is the second greatest eclipse in Saros series 131 as well as the largest and darkest lunar eclipse between June 26, 2029 and June 28, 2094. Overall, it will be the third largest and darkest lunar eclipse of the 21st century. While it will have similar values to the lunar eclipse of July 16, 2000, totality will not last over 106 minutes due to the moon's relatively large apparent size as seen from Earth and greater speed in its elliptical orbit.

NGC 6401 will be occulted by the Moon during the eclipse over Eastern North America, Cuba, the Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Europe and the northern half of Africa.{{cite book |date=2002 |first=Jan |last=Meeus |chapter=Occultations of deep-sky objects during a total lunar eclipse |pages=157-162 |title=More Mathematical Astronomy Morsels |isbn=0943396743 |url=https://falakmu.id/khgt/dokumen/More%20mathematical%20astronomy%20morsels%20(Jean%20Meeus)%20(Z-Library).pdf}}{{rp|160}}