February 2054 lunar eclipse

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February 2054 lunar eclipse

Total eclipse
Path of the Moon during the February 2054 lunar eclipse
Date	22 February 2054
Gamma	−0.3242
Magnitude	1.2769
Saros cycle	124 (51 of 74)
Totality	72 minutes 8 seconds
Partiality	200 minutes 53 seconds
Penumbral	314 minutes 45 seconds
Contacts (UTC) P1 04:12:25 U1 05:09:19 U2 06:13:41 Greatest 06:49:46 U3 07:25:49 U4 08:30:12 P4 09:27:09
← August 2053 August 2054 →

A total lunar eclipse will occur on Sunday, February 22, 2054.

This eclipse is the first of an almost tetrad, the others being 18 Aug 2054 (T), 11 Feb 2055 (T) and 7 August 2055 (P).

The entire eclipse will be visible in most of the Americas. Most or some of the eclipse will be visible in westernmost South America, Europe, the western half of Africa, easternmost Asia, and most of Oceania.

This eclipse is part of Lunar Saros 124.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2053–2056

Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
114	2053 Mar 04	Penumbral		119	2053 Aug 29	Penumbral
124	2054 Feb 22	Total		129	2054 Aug 18	Total
134	2055 Feb 11	Total		139	2055 Aug 07	Partial
144	2056 Feb 01	Penumbral		149	2056 Jul 26	Partial
Last set	2052 Apr 14			Last set	2052 Oct 08
Next set	2056 Dec 22			Next set	2056 Jun 27

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

• 2054 Feb 22 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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