May 2021 lunar eclipse
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Total lunar eclipse May 26, 2021 | |
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Ecliptic north up![]() The moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. | |
Saros (and member) | 121 (56 of 84) |
Gamma | +0.4774 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | 0:14:30 |
Partial | 3:07:25 |
Penumbral | 5:02:05 |
Contacts (UTC) | |
P1 | 8:47:39 |
U1 | 9:44:57 |
U2 | 11:11:25 |
Greatest | 11:18:40 |
U3 | 11:25:55 |
U4 | 12:52:22 |
P4 | 13:49:41 |
A total lunar eclipse will take place 26 May 2021. It will be the first total lunar eclipse since the January 2019 lunar eclipse. It will be visible in areas of southeast Asia, all of Australia, all of Oceania, most of Alaska and Canada, most of the USA, all of Hawaii, all of Mexico and Central America, and most of South America.
Visibility
![]() Hemisphere of visibility at maximum eclipse |
![]() Visibility map |
Contact timing
Time Zone adjustments from UTC |
+8h | +11h | +13h | -10h | -8h | -7h | -6h | -5h | -4h | ||||
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AWST | AEDT | NZDT | HST | AKDT | PDT | MDT | CDT | EDT | |||||
Event | Evening May 26 / Morning May 27 | Morning May 26 | |||||||||||
P1 | Penumbral begins | 4:48 pm | 7:48 pm | 9:48 pm | 10:48 pm | 12:48 am | 1:48 am | 2:48 am | 3:48 am | 4:48 am | |||
U1 | Partial begins | 5:45 pm | 8:45 pm | 10:45 pm | 11:45 pm | 1:45 am | 2:45 am | 3:45 am | 4:45 am | 5:16 am | |||
U2 | Total begins | 7:11 pm | 10:11 pm | 12:11 am | 1:11 am | 3:11 am | 4:11 am | 5:11 am | 6:11 am | Set | |||
Greatest eclipse | 7:19 pm | 10:19 pm | 12:19 am | 1:19 am | 3:19 am | 4:19 am | 5:19 am | 6:19 am | Set | ||||
U3 | Total ends | 7:26 pm | 10:26 pm | 12:26 am | 1:26 am | 3:26 am | 4:26 am | 5:26 am | Set | Set | |||
U4 | Partial ends | 9:52 pm | 12:52 am | 1:52 am | 2:52 am | 4:52 am | Set | Set | Set | Set | |||
P4 | Penumbral ends | 10:50 pm | 1:50 am | 3:50 am | 3:50 am | 5:50 am | Set | Set | Set | Set |
† The Moon was not visible during this part of the eclipse in this time zone.
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| The timing of total lunar eclipses are determined by its contacts:
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2021
- A total lunar eclipse on 26 May.
- An annular solar eclipse on 10 June.
- A partial lunar eclipse on 19 November.
- A total solar eclipse on 4 December.
Lunar year series
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2020–2023 | ||||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
Saros | Date | Type Viewing |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
111![]() |
2020 Jun 05![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
1.24063 | 116![]() |
2020 Nov 30![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
−1.13094 | |
121![]() |
2021 May 26![]() |
Total![]() |
0.47741 | 126![]() |
2021 Nov 19![]() |
Partial![]() |
−0.45525 | |
131![]() |
2022 May 16![]() |
Total![]() |
−0.25324 | 136![]() |
2022 Nov 08![]() |
Total![]() |
0.25703 | |
141![]() |
2023 May 05![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
−1.03495 | 146![]() |
2023 Oct 28![]() |
Partial![]() |
0.94716 | |
Last set | 2020 Jul 05 | Last set | 2020 Jan 10 | |||||
Next set | 2024 Mar 25 | Next set | 2024 Sep 18 |
Saros series
It is part of Saros cycle 121.
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 128.
20 May 2012 | 1 June 2030 |
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See also
References
- ^ Clarke, Kevin. "On the nature of eclipses". Inconstant Moon. Cyclopedia Selenica. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lunar eclipse of 2021 May 26.
- cycle 121
- 2021 May 26 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC