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, all of the lower 48 states, all of Hawaii, and most of South America.

May 2021 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
Date26 May 2021
Gamma0.4774
Magnitude1.0095
Saros cycle121 (56 of 84)
Totality14 minutes, 30 seconds
Partiality187 minutes, 25 seconds
Penumbral302 minutes, 2 seconds

Visibility


Visibility map

Eclipses of 2021

Lunar year series

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.

20 May 2012 1 June 2030

See also

References

  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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