May 2069 lunar eclipse

Central lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse
May 6, 2069

The Moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series (and member) | 132 (33 of 71)
Gamma | 0.272
Magnitude | 1.327
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality | 01:24:16
Partial | 03:46:11
Penumbral | 06:08:07
Contacts
P1 | 06:03:38 UTC
U1 | 07:14:38 UTC
U2 | 08:25:35 UTC
Greatest | 09:07:43 UTC
U3 | 09:49:42 UTC
U4 | 11:00:49 UTC
P4 | 12:11:45 UTC

The eclipse occurs in the constellation Libra at the ascending node of the moon's orbit.

A total lunar eclipse will take place on May 6, 2069. The eclipse will be dark, with the southern tip of the Moon passing through the center of the Earth's shadow. This is the first central eclipse of Saros series 132.

It is the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2069, the second occurring at the descending node of the Moon's orbit will be on October 30, which will also be a central total eclipse.

It is the third of an almost tetrad, the others being 17 May 2068 (P), 9 Nov 2068 (T) and 30 October 2069 (T).

## Visibility

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The eclipse will be visible after sunset over Australia and begin before sunset over far eastern Asia, and be seen in the predawn hours over western North and South America.

This simulated view of the Earth from the center of the Moon during greatest eclipse show where the eclipse will be visible on Earth.

The Moon will also occult the bright star Alpha Librae as seen from the southern hemisphere a few hours before greatest eclipse.[1]

## Related lunar eclipses

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Lunar eclipses are related by many different eclipse cycles. The Saros cycle (18 years and 10 days) repeats the most consistently due three coinciding periods, and continue over 70 events (1200+ years). Eclipses are identified by a Saros number and a member index within each series.

The lunar year (354 days) and Metonic cycles (19 years) are short period last only 8 to 10 events. The Metonic cycle is equal to one Saros cycle plus one lunar year, and so the two series progress in parallel.

The Inex cycle (29 years minus 20 days) can last tens of thousands of years, so long that long perturbations in the Moon's path must be taken into account for prediction. Also the eclipse qualities are less inconsistent because the Moon is at different significantly positions in its elliptical orbit in sequential events. Similarly for the shorter Tritos cycle (10 years and 31 days), repeats less consistently for the same reason.

### Lunar year series

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This eclipse is the third of four lunar year eclipses occurring at the Moon's ascending node.

The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days (Shifting back about 10 days in sequential years). Because of the date shift, the Earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2067-2070  Ascending node  |  | Descending node

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Saros | Date
Viewing  | Type
Chart  | Saros  | Date
Viewing  | Type
Chart
112  | 2067 May 28
| Penumbral
| 117  | 2067 Nov 21
| Penumbral

122  | 2068 May 17
| Partial
| 127  | 2068 Nov 09
| Total

132  | 2069 May 06
| Total
| 137  | 2069 Oct 30
| Total

142  | 2070 Apr 25
| Penumbral
| 147  | 2070 Oct 19
| Partial

### Metonic series

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The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

This series has 9 events centered on May 6th and October 30th: (saros number)

Ascending node  | Descending node

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1. 2031 May 07.160 \- penumbral (112)
2. 2050 May 06.937 \- total (122)
3. 2069 May 06.380 \- total (132)
4. 2088 May 05.677 \- partial (142)
5. 2107 May 07.186 \- penumbral (152)

1. 2031 Oct 30.323 \- penumbral (117)
2. 2050 Oct 30.139 \- total (127)
3. 2069 Oct 30.148 \- total (137)
4. 2088 Oct 30.125 \- partial (147)

### Saros series

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Lunar saros series 132, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 44 umbral lunar eclipses (32 partial lunar eclipses and 12 total lunar eclipses).

Greatest  | First

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The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2123 Jun 9, lasting 106 minutes.[2] | Penumbral  | Partial  | Total  | Central
1492 May 12
| 1636 Aug 16
| 2015 Apr 4
| 2069 May 6

Last
Central  | Total  | Partial  | Penumbral
2177 Jul 11
| 2213 Aug 2
| 2429 Dec 11
| 2754 Jun 26

There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on earth.

1901–2100  1907 Jan 29 | 1925 Feb 8 | 1943 Feb 20

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1961 Mar 2 | 1979 Mar 13 | 1997 Mar 24
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2015 Apr 4 | 2033 Apr 14 | 2051 Apr 26
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2069 May 6 | 2087 May 17
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### Tritos series

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The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.

This series produces 20 total eclipses between April 24, 1967 and August 11, 2185, only being partial on November 19, 2021.

Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2087)

Descending node  |  | Ascending node
Saros | Date
Viewing  | Type
chart  | Saros  | Date
Viewing  | Type
chart
115  | 1901 Oct 27
| Partial
| 116  | 1912 Sep 26
| Partial

117  | 1923 Aug 26
| Partial
| 118  | 1934 Jul 26
| Partial

119  | 1945 Jun 25
| Partial
| 120  | 1956 May 24
| Partial

121  | 1967 Apr 24
| Total
| 122  | 1978 Mar 24
| Total

123  | 1989 Feb 20
| Total
| 124  | 2000 Jan 21
| Total

125  | 2010 Dec 21
| Total
| 126  | 2021 Nov 19
| Partial

127  | 2032 Oct 18
| Total
| 128  | 2043 Sep 19
| Total

129  | 2054 Aug 18
| Total
| 130  | 2065 Jul 17
| Total

131  | 2076 Jun 17
| Total
| 132  | 2087 May 17
| Total

133  | 2098 Apr 15
| Total

### Inex series

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The inex series repeats eclipses 20 days short of 29 years, repeating on average every 10571.95 days. This period is equal to 358 lunations (synodic months) and 388.5 draconic months. Saros series increment by one on successive Inex events and repeat at alternate ascending and descending lunar nodes.

This period is 383.6734 anomalistic months (the period of the Moon's elliptical orbital precession). Despite the average 0.05 time-of-day shift between subsequent events, the variation of the Moon in its elliptical orbit at each event causes the actual eclipse time to vary significantly. It is a part of Lunar Inex series 39.

All events in this series listed below and more are total lunar eclipses.

Inex series from 1000 to 2500 AD  Ascending node  | Descending node  | Ascending node  | Descending node

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Saros | Date  | Saros  | Date  | Saros  | Date  | Saros  | Date
96  | 1027 Apr 23  | 97  | 1056 Apr 2  | 98  | 1085 Mar 14  | 99  | 1114 Feb 21
100  | 1143 Feb 1  | 101  | 1172 Jan 13  | 102  | 1200 Dec 22  | 103  | 1229 Dec 2
104  | 1258 Nov 12  | 105  | 1287 Oct 22  | 106  | 1316 Oct 2  | 107  | 1345 Sep 12
108  | 1374 Aug 22  | 109  | 1403 Aug 2  | 110  | 1432 Jul 13  | 111  | 1461 Jun 22
112  | 1490 Jun 2  | 113  | 1519 May 14  | 114  | 1548 Apr 22  | 115  | 1577 Apr 2
116  | 1606 Mar 24  | 117  | 1635 Mar 3  | 118  | 1664 Feb 11  | 119  | 1693 Jan 22
120  | 1722 Jan 2  | 121  | 1750 Dec 13  | 122  | 1779 Nov 23  | 123  | 1808 Nov 3
124  | 1837 Oct 13  | 125  | 1866 Sep 24  | 126  | 1895 Sep 4  | 127  | 1924 Aug 14
128  | 1953 Jul 26
| 129  | 1982 Jul 6
| 130  | 2011 Jun 15
| 131  | 2040 May 26

132  | 2069 May 6
| 133  | 2098 Apr 15
| 134  | 2127 Mar 28  | 135  | 2156 Mar 7
136  | 2185 Feb 14  | 137  | 2214 Jan 27  | 138  | 2243 Jan 7  | 139  | 2271 Dec 17
140  | 2300 Nov 27  | 141  | 2329 Nov 7  | 142  | 2358 Oct 18  | 143  | 2387 Sep 28
144  | 2416 Sep 7  | 145  | 2445 Aug 17  | 146  | 2474 Jul 29

### Half-Saros cycle

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A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 139.

April 30, 2060 | May 11, 2078

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## See also

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

## Notes

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1. ^ Jean Meeus, G. P. Konnen, "Occultations of Bright Stars by the Eclipsed Moon", Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Vol. 85, No. 1, pp. 17-24 (1974).
2. ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 132
3. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

## External links

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* NASA: Lunar Eclipses: Past and Future
* 2069 May 06 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
* Index to Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses, -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE)
* Eclipses: 2001 to 2100[dead link‍]

## References

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* Bao-Lin Liu, Canon of Lunar Eclipses 1500 B.C.-A.D. 3000, 1992

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* 2046 Jan
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* 2052 Oct
* 2055 Aug
* 2075 Jun
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* 1504 Mar
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* 1950 Apr
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* 2069 May
* 2072 Aug
* 2076 Jun
* 2083 Jul
* 2084 Jan
* 2087 May
* 2090 Sep
* 2094 Jun
* 2123 Jun
* 2170 May

Penumbral eclipses

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* 23 Mar 1940
* 22 Apr 1940
* 16 Oct 1940
* 1951 Feb 21
* 1951 Mar 23
* 1951 Aug 17
* 1951 Sep 15
* 1955 Jan 08
* 1955 Jun 05
* 1958 Apr 04
* 1958 Oct 27
* 1959 Sep 17
* 1962 Feb 19
* 1962 Jul 17
* 1962 Aug 15
* 1965 Dec 08
* 1966 May 04
* 1966 Oct 29
* 1969 Apr 02
* 1969 Aug 27
* 1969 Sep 25
* 1973 Jan 18
* 1973 Jun 15
* 1973 Jul 15
* 1976 Nov 06
* 1977 Sep 27
* 1980 Mar 01
* 1980 Jul 27
* 1980 Aug 26
* 1983 Dec 20
* 1984 May 15
* 1984 Jun 13
* 1984 Nov 08
* 1987 Apr 14
* 1987 Oct 07
* 1991 Jan 30
* 1991 Jun 27
* 1991 Jul 26
* 1994 Nov 18
* 1995 Oct 08
* 1998 Mar 13
* 1998 Aug 08
* 1998 Sep 06
* 2001 Dec 30
* 2002 May 26
* 2002 Jun 24
* 2002 Nov 20
* 2005 Apr 24
* 2009 Feb 09
* 2009 Jul 07
* 2009 Aug 06
* 2012 Nov 28
* 2013 May 25
* 2013 Oct 18
* 2016 Mar 23
* 2016 Aug 18
* 2016 Sep 16
* 2017 Feb 11
* 2020 Jan 10
* 2020 Jun 05
* 2020 Jul 05
* 2020 Nov 30
* 2023 May 05
* 2024 Mar 25
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* 2027 Jul 18
* 2027 Aug 17
* 2030 Dec 09
* 2031 May 07
* 2031 Jun 05
* 2031 Oct 30
* 2034 Apr 03
* 2035 Feb 22
* 2038 Jan 21
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* 2038 Jul 16
* 2038 Dec 11
* 2042 Apr 05
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* 2048 Dec 20
* 2049 May 17
* 2049 Jun 15
* 2049 Nov 09
* 2052 Apr 14
* 2053 Mar 04
* 2060 Nov 08
* 2107 May 7

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* 1963 Jan 09
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* 1988 Mar 03
* 1999 Jan 31
* 2006 Mar 14
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* 2070 Apr 25

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