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May 2021 lunar eclipse
| Total lunar eclipse May 26, 2021 | |
|---|---|
Ecliptic north up The moon will pass through Earth's shadow. | |
| Saros (and member) | 121 (56 of 84)[1] |
| Gamma | +0.4774[1] |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | 0:14:30[1] |
| Partial | 3:07:25[1] |
| Penumbral | 5:02:05 |
| Contacts (UTC) | |
| P1 | 8:47:39[1] |
| U1 | 9:44:57[1] |
| U2 | 11:11:25[1] |
| Greatest | 11:18:40[1] |
| U3 | 11:25:55[1] |
| U4 | 12:52:22[1] |
| P4 | 13:49:41[1] |
A total lunar eclipse will take place on 26 May 2021.[1] A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are exactly or very closely aligned (in syzygy) with Earth between the other two, which can only happen the night of a full moon. The eclipsed moon appears as a faint red disk in the sky due to a small amount of light being refracted through the earth's atmosphere.
It will be the first total lunar eclipse since the January 2019 lunar eclipse. As this supermoon was also a flower moon, (the fifth full moon in a calendar year) it was referred to as a "super flower blood moon"; blood refers to the typical red color of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse.[2][3]
It will be followed in two weeks by an annular solar eclipse on June 10, 2021 over the north pole.
VisibilityEdit
The total lunar eclipse will be visible in areas of southeast Asia, all of Australia, all of Oceania, most of Alaska and Canada, most of the 48 United States, all of Hawaii, all of Mexico and Central America, and most of South America.
 Hemisphere of visibility |  Visibility map[1] |
AppearanceEdit
 This animation shows the moon moving west to east, passing into the shadow of the earth in Scorpius near the milky way. It first enters the outer penumbral shadow, and then the dark umbral center shadow. Here, the brightness of the moon is exaggerated within the umbral shadow. The southern half of the moon will be darkest due to being closest to the center of the shadow. |
Contact timingEdit
Local times are recomputed here for a few time zones:
| Time Zone adjustments from UTC | +8h | +10h | +12h | -10h | -8h | -7h | -6h | -5h | -4h | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWST | AEST | NZST | HST | AKDT | PDT | MDT | CDT | EDT | |||||
| Event | Evening May 26 / Morning May 27 | Morning May 26 | |||||||||||
| P1 | Penumbral begins | 4:48 pm | 6:48 pm | 8:48 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 | 7:45 pm | 9:45 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 | 9:11 pm | 11:11 pm | 1:11 am | 3:11 am | 4:11 am | 5:11 am | 6:11 am | Set | |||
| Greatest eclipse | 7:19 pm | 9:19 pm | 11:19 pm | 1:19 am | 3:19 am | 4:19 am | 5:19 am | 6:19 am | Set | ||||
| U3 | Total ends | 7:26 pm | 9:26 pm | 11:26 pm | 1:26 am | 3:26 am | 4:26 am | 5:26 am | Set | Set | |||
| U4 | Partial ends | 8:52 pm | 10:52 pm | 12:52 am | 2:52 am | 4:52 am | Set | Set | Set | Set | |||
| P4 | Penumbral ends | 9:50 pm | 11:50 pm | 1:50 am | 3:50 am | 5:50 am | Set | Set | Set | Set | |||
The timing of total lunar eclipses are determined by its contacts:[4]
- P1 (First contact): Beginning of the penumbral eclipse. Earth's penumbra touches the Moon's outer limb.
- U1 (Second contact): Beginning of the partial eclipse. Earth's umbra touches the Moon's outer limb.
- U2 (Third contact): Beginning of the total eclipse. The Moon's surface is entirely within Earth's umbra.
- Greatest eclipse: The peak stage of the total eclipse. The Moon is at its closest to the center of Earth's umbra.
- U3 (Fourth contact): End of the total eclipse. The Moon's outer limb exits Earth's umbra.
- U4 (Fifth contact): End of the partial eclipse. Earth's umbra leaves the Moon's surface.
- P4 (Sixth contact): End of the penumbral eclipse. Earth's penumbra no longer makes contact with the Moon.
Related eclipsesEdit
Eclipses of 2021Edit
- 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 seriesEdit
| 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 seriesEdit
It is part of Saros cycle 121.
Half-Saros cycleEdit
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[5] 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 alsoEdit
ReferenceEdit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 2021 May 26 chart:Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- ^ Look up! The Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse is coming May 26www.space.com
- ^ "The 'Super Flower Blood Moon' Is About to Light Up Skies! How to Watch This Week's Celestial Event". People.com. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ 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 linksEdit
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lunar eclipse of 2021 May 26 |
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