May 2170 lunar eclipse
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| Total eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | 30 May 2170 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | 0.0174[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.8330[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 133 (35 of 71) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 102 min[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 219 min[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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A total lunar eclipse will occur 30 May 2170. It will be the greatest lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 133 as well as the largest and darkest lunar eclipse of the 22nd century.[3]
Related eclipses
[edit]Saros cycle
[edit]Lunar saros series 133, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 54 umbral lunar eclipses (33 partial lunar eclipses and 21 total lunar eclipses).
| Greatest | First | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2170 May 30, lasting 102 minutes. | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| 1557 May 13 | 1683 Aug 07 | 1917 Dec 28 | 2098 Apr 15 | |
| Last | ||||
| Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
| 2224 Jul 01 | 2278 Aug 03 | 2429 Dec 11 | 2754 Jun 26 | |
There are 10 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on Earth.
| 1917 Dec 28 | 1936 Jan 08 | 1954 Jan 19 | |||
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| 1972 Jan 30 | 1990 Feb 09 | 2008 Feb 21 | |||
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| 2026 Mar 03 | 2044 Mar 13 | 2062 Mar 25 | |||
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| 2080 Apr 04 | 2098 Apr 15 | ||||
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Half-Saros cycle
[edit]A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[4] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 140.
| May 25, 2161 | June 5, 2179 |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "LE2170-05-30T.gif".
- ^ a b c d e f g "Total Lunar Eclipse on May 29–30, 2170 – Where and When to See". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- ^ a b "NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 133". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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