February 2054 lunar eclipse

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February 2054 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
Path of the Moon during the February 2054 lunar eclipse
Date22 February 2054
Gamma−0.3242
Magnitude1.2769
Saros cycle124 (51 of 74)
Totality72 minutes 8 seconds
Partiality200 minutes 53 seconds
Penumbral314 minutes 45 seconds
Contacts (UTC)
P104:12:25
U105:09:19
U206:13:41
Greatest06:49:46
U307:25:49
U408:30:12
P409:27:09

A total lunar eclipse will occur on Sunday, February 22, 2054.

This eclipse is the first of an almost tetrad, the others being 18 Aug 2054 (T), 11 Feb 2055 (T) and 7 August 2055 (P).

Visibility[edit]

View of Earth from the Moon at greatest eclipse

The entire eclipse will be visible in most of the Americas. Most or some of the eclipse will be visible in westernmost South America, Europe, the western half of Africa, easternmost Asia, and most of Oceania.

Related lunar eclipses[edit]

This eclipse is part of Lunar Saros 124.

Lunar year series[edit]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2053–2056
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
114 2053 Mar 04
Penumbral
119 2053 Aug 29
Penumbral
124 2054 Feb 22
Total
129 2054 Aug 18
Total
134 2055 Feb 11
Total
139 2055 Aug 07
Partial
144 2056 Feb 01
Penumbral
149 2056 Jul 26
Partial
Last set 2052 Apr 14 Last set 2052 Oct 08
Next set 2056 Dec 22 Next set 2056 Jun 27

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