May 2021 lunar eclipse
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, and All of the lower 48 states, and all of Hawaii, and most of South America.
| Total eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | 26 May 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | 0.4774 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.0095 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 121 (56 of 84) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 14 minutes, 30 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 187 minutes, 25 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 302 minutes, 2 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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Visibility
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 Visibility map |
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2021
Lunar year series
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 2020–2023 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 128.
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
References
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- cycle 121
- 2021 May 26 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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