| Member 33 | Member 34 |
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 2004 May 04 |  2022 May 16 |
Saros cycle series 131 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's descending node, repeats every 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 72 member events, with 15 total eclipses, starting in 1950 and ending in 2202. [1]
The series contains 57 umbral eclipses between 1553 and 2563 (total eclipses between 1950 and 2202).
| Cat. | Saros | Mem | Date | Time UT (hr:mn) | Type | Gamma | Magnitude | Duration (min) | Contacts UT (hr:mn) | Chart | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greatest | Pen. | Par. | Tot. | P1 | P4 | U1 | U2 | U3 | U4 | ||||||||
| 08268 | 131 | 1 | 1427 May 10 | 23:39:25 | Penumbral | -1.5427 | -0.9572 | 29.1 | 23:24:52 | 23:53:58 | |||||||
| 08310 | 131 | 2 | 1445 May 21 | 7:02:27 | Penumbral | -1.4705 | -0.8227 | 101.9 | 6:11:30 | 7:53:24 | |||||||
| 08351 | 131 | 3 | 1463 Jun 01 | 14:23:22 | Penumbral | -1.3957 | -0.6837 | 140.3 | 13:13:13 | 15:33:31 | |||||||
| 08391 | 131 | 4 | 1481 Jun 11 | 21:44:03 | Penumbral | -1.3201 | -0.5435 | 168.9 | 20:19:36 | 23:08:30 | |||||||
| 08431 | 131 | 5 | 1499 Jun 23 | 5:05:35 | Penumbral | -1.2445 | -0.4037 | 191.8 | 3:29:41 | 6:41:29 | |||||||
| 08471 | 131 | 6 | 1517 Jul 03 | 12:28:24 | Penumbral | -1.1693 | -0.2648 | 210.9 | 10:42:57 | 14:13:51 | |||||||
| 08512 | 131 | 7 | 1535 Jul 14 | 19:54:01 | Penumbral | -1.0956 | -0.1292 | 226.9 | 18:00:34 | 21:47:28 | |||||||
| 08554 | 131 | 8 | 1553 Jul 25 | 3:24:11 | Partial | -1.0253 | 0.0001 | 240.2 | 2.5 | 1:24:05 | 5:24:17 | 3:22:56 | 3:25:26 | ||||
| 08597 | 131 | 9 | 1571 Aug 05 | 10:59:42 | Partial | -0.9591 | 0.1215 | 251.3 | 75.3 | 8:54:03 | 13:05:21 | 10:22:03 | 11:37:21 | ||||
| 08640 | 131 | 10 | 1589 Aug 25 | 18:40:24 | Partial | -0.8969 | 0.2352 | 260.7 | 102.9 | 16:30:03 | 20:50:45 | 17:48:57 | 19:31:51 | ||||
| 08683 | 131 | 11 | 1607 Sep 06 | 2:28:42 | Partial | -0.8407 | 0.3378 | 268.3 | 121.3 | 0:14:33 | 4:42:51 | 1:28:03 | 3:29:21 | ||||
| 08728 | 131 | 12 | 1625 Sep 16 | 10:24:16 | Partial | -0.7904 | 0.4295 | 274.6 | 134.8 | 8:06:58 | 12:41:34 | 9:16:52 | 11:31:40 | ||||
| 08772 | 131 | 13 | 1643 Sep 27 | 18:28:14 | Partial | -0.7468 | 0.5085 | 279.6 | 144.7 | 16:08:26 | 20:48:02 | 17:15:53 | 19:40:35 | ||||
| 08817 | 131 | 14 | 1661 Oct 08 | 2:39:03 | Partial | -0.7089 | 0.5771 | 283.7 | 152.4 | 0:17:12 | 5:00:54 | 1:22:51 | 3:55:15 | ||||
| 08862 | 131 | 15 | 1679 Oct 19 | 10:58:53 | Partial | -0.6784 | 0.6321 | 286.9 | 158.0 | 8:35:26 | 13:22:20 | 9:39:53 | 12:17:53 | ||||
| 08908 | 131 | 16 | 1697 Oct 29 | 19:25:59 | Partial | -0.6537 | 0.6764 | 289.3 | 162.1 | 17:01:20 | 21:50:38 | 18:04:56 | 20:47:02 | ||||
| 08954 | 131 | 17 | 1715 Nov 11 | 4:00:14 | Partial | -0.6347 | 0.7102 | 291.1 | 165.1 | 1:34:41 | 6:25:47 | 2:37:41 | 5:22:47 | ||||
| 09001 | 131 | 18 | 1733 Nov 21 | 12:40:54 | Partial | -0.6211 | 0.7344 | 292.5 | 167.2 | 10:14:39 | 15:07:09 | 11:17:18 | 14:04:30 | ||||
| 09048 | 131 | 19 | 1751 Dec 02 | 21:26:52 | Partial | -0.6116 | 0.7512 | 293.4 | 168.5 | 19:00:10 | 23:53:34 | 20:02:37 | 22:51:07 | ||||
| 09095 | 131 | 20 | 1769 Dec 13 | 6:17:04 | Partial | -0.6058 | 0.7611 | 294.0 | 169.4 | 3:50:04 | 8:44:04 | 4:52:22 | 7:41:46 | ||||
| 09140 | 131 | 21 | 1787 Dec 24 | 15:08:29 | Partial | -0.6010 | 0.7696 | 294.5 | 170.1 | 12:41:14 | 17:35:44 | 13:43:26 | 16:33:32 | ||||
| 09185 | 131 | 22 | 1806 Jan 05 | 0:02:04 | Partial | -0.5981 | 0.7748 | 294.8 | 170.5 | 21:34:40 | 2:29:28 | 22:36:49 | 1:27:19 | ||||
| 09230 | 131 | 23 | 1824 Jan 16 | 8:54:09 | Partial | -0.5937 | 0.7829 | 295.3 | 171.2 | 6:26:30 | 11:21:48 | 7:28:33 | 10:19:45 | ||||
| 09276 | 131 | 24 | 1842 Jan 26 | 17:44:27 | Partial | -0.5884 | 0.7930 | 295.9 | 172.1 | 15:16:30 | 20:12:24 | 16:18:24 | 19:10:30 | ||||
| 09321 | 131 | 25 | 1860 Feb 07 | 2:29:45 | Partial | -0.5790 | 0.8106 | 296.8 | 173.7 | 0:01:21 | 4:58:09 | 1:02:54 | 3:56:36 | ||||
| 09365 | 131 | 26 | 1878 Feb 17 | 11:11:05 | Partial | -0.5667 | 0.8338 | 297.9 | 175.6 | 8:42:08 | 13:40:02 | 9:43:17 | 12:38:53 | ||||
| 09409 | 131 | 27 | 1896 Feb 28 | 19:45:40 | Partial | -0.5488 | 0.8673 | 299.5 | 178.2 | 17:15:55 | 22:15:25 | 18:16:34 | 21:14:46 | ||||
| 09451 | 131 | 28 | 1914 Mar 12 | 4:13:08 | Partial | -0.5254 | 0.9111 | 301.5 | 181.5 | 1:42:23 | 6:43:53 | 2:42:23 | 5:43:53 | ||||
| 09493 | 131 | 29 | 1932 Mar 22 | 12:32:39 | Partial | -0.4956 | 0.9666 | 303.8 | 185.3 | 10:00:45 | 15:04:33 | 11:00:00 | 14:05:18 | ||||
| 09535 | 131 | 30 | 1950 Apr 02 | 20:44:34 | Total | -0.4598 | 1.0329 | 306.5 | 189.6 | 26.9 | 18:11:19 | 23:17:49 | 19:09:46 | 20:31:07 | 20:58:01 | 22:19:22 | |
| 09576 | 131 | 31 | 1968 Apr 13 | 4:48:01 | Total | -0.4173 | 1.1116 | 309.5 | 194.1 | 48.5 | 2:13:16 | 7:22:46 | 3:10:58 | 4:23:46 | 5:12:16 | 6:25:04 | |
| 09618 | 131 | 32 | 1986 Apr 24 | 12:43:30 | Total | -0.3682 | 1.2022 | 312.6 | 198.8 | 63.6 | 10:07:12 | 15:19:48 | 11:04:06 | 12:11:42 | 13:15:18 | 14:22:54 | |
| 09659 | 131 | 33 | 2004 May 04 | 20:31:17 | Total | -0.3132 | 1.3035 | 315.7 | 203.2 | 75.5 | 17:53:26 | 23:09:08 | 18:49:41 | 19:53:32 | 21:09:02 | 22:12:53 | |
| 09700 | 131 | 34 | 2022 May 16 | 4:12:42 | Total | -0.2532 | 1.4137 | 318.7 | 207.2 | 84.9 | 1:33:21 | 6:52:03 | 2:29:06 | 3:30:15 | 4:55:09 | 5:56:18 | |
| 09741 | 131 | 35 | 2040 May 26 | 11:46:22 | Total | -0.1872 | 1.5348 | 321.4 | 210.7 | 92.2 | 9:05:40 | 14:27:04 | 10:01:01 | 11:00:16 | 12:32:28 | 13:31:43 | |
| 09781 | 131 | 36 | 2058 Jun 06 | 19:15:48 | Total | -0.1181 | 1.6611 | 323.6 | 213.4 | 97.3 | 16:34:00 | 21:57:36 | 17:29:06 | 18:27:09 | 20:04:27 | 21:02:30 | |
| 09822 | 131 | 37 | 2076 Jun 17 | 2:39:47 | Total | -0.0452 | 1.7943 | 325.3 | 215.1 | 100.2 | 23:57:08 | 5:22:26 | 0:52:14 | 1:49:41 | 3:29:53 | 4:27:20 | |
| 09863 | 131 | 38 | 2094 Jun 28 | 10:01:57 | Total | 0.0288 | 1.8234 | 326.5 | 215.7 | 100.6 | 7:18:42 | 12:45:12 | 8:14:06 | 9:11:39 | 10:52:15 | 11:49:48 | |
| 09905 | 131 | 39 | 2112 Jul 09 | 17:19:51 | Total | 0.1055 | 1.6814 | 326.9 | 215.1 | 98.4 | 14:36:24 | 20:03:18 | 15:32:18 | 16:30:39 | 18:09:03 | 19:07:24 | |
| 09947 | 131 | 40 | 2130 Jul 21 | 0:38:56 | Total | 0.1803 | 1.5426 | 326.6 | 213.4 | 93.5 | 21:55:38 | 3:22:14 | 22:52:14 | 23:52:11 | 1:25:41 | 2:25:38 | |
| 09991 | 131 | 41 | 2148 Jul 31 | 7:56:37 | Total | 0.2554 | 1.4030 | 325.7 | 210.4 | 85.3 | 5:13:46 | 10:39:28 | 6:11:25 | 7:13:58 | 8:39:16 | 9:41:49 | |
| 10035 | 131 | 42 | 2166 Aug 11 | 15:17:07 | Total | 0.3273 | 1.2688 | 324.1 | 206.3 | 73.3 | 12:35:04 | 17:59:10 | 13:33:58 | 14:40:28 | 15:53:46 | 17:00:16 | |
| 10078 | 131 | 43 | 2184 Aug 21 | 22:38:35 | Total | 0.3977 | 1.1374 | 321.9 | 201.0 | 54.8 | 19:57:38 | 1:19:32 | 20:58:05 | 22:11:11 | 23:05:59 | 0:19:05 | |
| 10121 | 131 | 44 | 2202 Sep 03 | 6:05:57 | Total | 0.4622 | 1.0163 | 319.5 | 194.9 | 19.6 | 3:26:12 | 8:45:42 | 4:28:30 | 5:56:09 | 6:15:45 | 7:43:24 | |
| 10165 | 131 | 45 | 2220 Sep 13 | 13:36:52 | Partial | 0.5228 | 0.9023 | 316.6 | 188.0 | 10:58:34 | 16:15:10 | 12:02:52 | 15:10:52 | ||||
| 10210 | 131 | 46 | 2238 Sep 24 | 21:14:02 | Partial | 0.5775 | 0.7992 | 313.7 | 180.6 | 18:37:11 | 23:50:53 | 19:43:44 | 22:44:20 | ||||
| 10255 | 131 | 47 | 2256 Oct 05 | 4:57:13 | Partial | 0.6264 | 0.7064 | 310.9 | 173.0 | 2:21:46 | 7:32:40 | 3:30:43 | 6:23:43 | ||||
| 10301 | 131 | 48 | 2274 Oct 16 | 12:48:09 | Partial | 0.6683 | 0.6264 | 308.3 | 165.5 | 10:14:00 | 15:22:18 | 11:25:24 | 14:10:54 | ||||
| 10348 | 131 | 49 | 2292 Oct 26 | 20:45:26 | Partial | 0.7041 | 0.5577 | 306.0 | 158.3 | 18:12:26 | 23:18:26 | 19:26:17 | 22:04:35 | ||||
| 10394 | 131 | 50 | 2310 Nov 08 | 4:49:17 | Partial | 0.7339 | 0.5001 | 304.2 | 151.8 | 2:17:11 | 7:21:23 | 3:33:23 | 6:05:11 | ||||
| 10440 | 131 | 51 | 2328 Nov 18 | 12:59:37 | Partial | 0.7574 | 0.4541 | 302.9 | 146.1 | 10:28:10 | 15:31:04 | 11:46:34 | 14:12:40 | ||||
| 10486 | 131 | 52 | 2346 Nov 29 | 21:15:59 | Partial | 0.7756 | 0.4180 | 302.1 | 141.3 | 18:44:56 | 23:47:02 | 20:05:20 | 22:26:38 | ||||
| 10531 | 131 | 53 | 2364 Dec 10 | 5:36:17 | Partial | 0.7898 | 0.3895 | 301.8 | 137.4 | 3:05:23 | 8:07:11 | 4:27:35 | 6:44:59 | ||||
| 10576 | 131 | 54 | 2382 Dec 21 | 14:00:40 | Partial | 0.8002 | 0.3684 | 301.8 | 134.4 | 11:29:46 | 16:31:34 | 12:53:28 | 15:07:52 | ||||
| 10621 | 131 | 55 | 2400 Dec 31 | 22:26:34 | Partial | 0.8085 | 0.3512 | 301.9 | 132.0 | 19:55:37 | 0:57:31 | 21:20:34 | 23:32:34 | ||||
| 10666 | 131 | 56 | 2419 Jan 12 | 6:53:23 | Partial | 0.8154 | 0.3369 | 302.2 | 129.9 | 4:22:17 | 9:24:29 | 5:48:26 | 7:58:20 | ||||
| 10710 | 131 | 57 | 2437 Jan 22 | 15:17:33 | Partial | 0.8239 | 0.3201 | 302.2 | 127.3 | 12:46:27 | 17:48:39 | 14:13:54 | 16:21:12 | ||||
| 10754 | 131 | 58 | 2455 Feb 02 | 23:40:14 | Partial | 0.8331 | 0.3023 | 302.0 | 124.4 | 21:09:14 | 2:11:14 | 22:38:02 | 0:42:26 | ||||
| 10796 | 131 | 59 | 2473 Feb 13 | 7:57:35 | Partial | 0.8462 | 0.2776 | 301.1 | 120.0 | 5:27:02 | 10:28:08 | 6:57:35 | 8:57:35 | ||||
| 10837 | 131 | 60 | 2491 Feb 24 | 16:09:26 | Partial | 0.8630 | 0.2463 | 299.6 | 113.8 | 13:39:38 | 18:39:14 | 15:12:32 | 17:06:20 | ||||
| 10878 | 131 | 61 | 2509 Mar 08 | 0:13:07 | Partial | 0.8858 | 0.2042 | 297.0 | 104.6 | 21:44:37 | 2:41:37 | 23:20:49 | 1:05:25 | ||||
| 10918 | 131 | 62 | 2527 Mar 19 | 8:09:29 | Partial | 0.9140 | 0.1524 | 293.3 | 91.3 | 5:42:50 | 10:36:08 | 7:23:50 | 8:55:08 | ||||
| 10959 | 131 | 63 | 2545 Mar 29 | 15:56:33 | Partial | 0.9493 | 0.0878 | 288.1 | 70.1 | 13:32:30 | 18:20:36 | 15:21:30 | 16:31:36 | ||||
| 11001 | 131 | 64 | 2563 Apr 09 | 23:33:33 | Partial | 0.9919 | 0.0097 | 281.2 | 23.7 | 21:12:57 | 1:54:09 | 23:21:42 | 23:45:24 | ||||
| 11042 | 131 | 65 | 2581 Apr 20 | 7:01:04 | Penumbral | 1.0414 | -0.0809 | 272.2 | 4:44:58 | 9:17:10 | |||||||
| 11082 | 131 | 66 | 2599 May 1 | 14:18:45 | Penumbral | 1.0978 | -0.1843 | 260.8 | 12:08:21 | 16:29:09 | |||||||
| 11122 | 131 | 67 | 2617 May 12 | 21:27:24 | Penumbral | 1.1607 | -0.2996 | 246.3 | 19:24:15 | 23:30:33 | |||||||
| 11161 | 131 | 68 | 2635 May 24 | 4:26:35 | Penumbral | 1.2304 | -0.4273 | 228.0 | 2:32:35 | 6:20:35 | |||||||
| 11202 | 131 | 69 | 2653 Jun 03 | 11:18:15 | Penumbral | 1.3049 | -0.5641 | 204.8 | 9:35:51 | 13:00:39 | |||||||
| 11244 | 131 | 70 | 2671 Jun 14 | 18:03:01 | Penumbral | 1.3835 | -0.7088 | 175.0 | 16:35:31 | 19:30:31 | |||||||
| 11287 | 131 | 71 | 2689 Jun 25 | 0:41:31 | Penumbral | 1.4660 | -0.8606 | 133.8 | 23:34:37 | 1:48:25 | |||||||
| 11330 | 131 | 72 | 2707 Jul 07 | 7:16:15 | Penumbral | 1.5504 | -1.0160 | 63.4 | 6:44:33 | 7:47:57 | |||||||
The saros is a period of exactly 223 synodic months, approximately 6585.321 days, or 18 years plus 10, 11, or 12 days, and 8 hours, that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One saros period after an eclipse, the Sun, Earth, and Moon return to approximately the same relative geometry, a near straight line, and a nearly identical eclipse will occur, in what is referred to as an eclipse cycle. A sar is one half of a saros.
A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Tuesday, May 4, 2004, with an umbral magnitude of 1.3035. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 1.2 days before perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
Saros cycle series 121 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's descending node. It began in 1029 and will end in 2526. It contains 84 member lunar eclipses, each separated by 18 years 11 and 1/3 days, and will last 1496.5 years.
A total lunar eclipse will take place on May 26, 2040. The northern limb of the Moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. This is the second central lunar eclipse of Saros series 131. This lunar event will occur near perigee, as a result, it will be referred to as a "super flower blood moon" or "super blood moon", though not quite as close to Earth as the eclipse of May 26, 2021.
A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, May 16, 2022, with an umbral magnitude of 1.4155. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 1.3 days after perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, April 24, 1986, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 1986, the second being on October 17, 1986. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour, 3 minutes and 34.8 seconds, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 20.217% of its diameter inside the Earth's umbral shadow. The visual effect of this depends on the state of the Earth's atmosphere, but the Moon may have been stained a deep red colour. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours, 18 minutes and 46.8 seconds in total. The Moon was just 1.2 days before perigee, making it 5.3% larger than average.
A total lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, April 13, 1968, the first of two total eclipses in 1968, the second being on October 6, 1968.
A total lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, April 2, 1950. This was the first total lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 131.
A total lunar eclipse will take place on June 6, 2058. The Moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow.
A total lunar eclipse will take place on June 17, 2076. The moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. While the visual effect of a total eclipse is variable, the Moon may be stained a deep orange or red color at maximum eclipse. With a gamma value of only −0.0452 and an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.7943, this is the second greatest eclipse in Saros series 131 as well as the largest and darkest lunar eclipse between June 26, 2029 and June 28, 2094. Overall, it will be the third largest and darkest lunar eclipse of the 21st century. While it will have similar values to the lunar eclipse of July 16, 2000, totality will not last over 106 minutes due to the moon's relatively large apparent size as seen from Earth and greater speed in its elliptical orbit. Totality's expected to last 100 minutes 34 seconds from 9:11:39 to 10:52:15 with the greatest point at 10:01:57 UTC.
A total lunar eclipse will take place on June 28, 2094. The Moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow. While the visual effect of a total eclipse is variable, the Moon may be stained a deep orange or red color at maximum eclipse. With a gamma value of only 0.0288 and an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.8234, this is the greatest eclipse in Saros series 131 as well as the second largest and darkest lunar eclipse of the 21st century.
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, March 22, 1932. It was the first of 2 nearly total eclipses. The second lunar eclipse of such happened on September 14. This lunar eclipse of Saros cycle 131 preceded the first total eclipse on April 2, 1950.
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, March 12, 1914.
A total lunar eclipse will take place on September 19, 2043.
Saros cycle series 112 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's ascending node, 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 72 events, with 15 total eclipses, starting in 1364 and ending in 1616. Solar Saros 119 interleaves with this lunar Saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.
Saros cycle series 124 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's ascending node, 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 73 member events, with 28 total eclipses, starting in 1657 and ending in 2144. The order is 20 penumbral, 8 partial, 28 total, 8 partial, 9 penumbral.
Saros cycle series 128 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 71 events. Solar saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.
Saros cycle series 130 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's ascending node, repeats every 18 years 11+1/3 days. The 130th lunar saros is associated with Solar Saros 137.
Saros cycle series 127 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's descending node, repeats every 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 72 events. Solar saros 134 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series. It consisted with 10 penumbral eclipses, 21 partial eclipses, 11 total eclipses, 21 partial eclipses, and ends with 8 penumbral eclipses.
Saros cycle series 129 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's descending node, repeats every 18 years 11+1/3 days. The 129th lunar saros is associated with Solar Saros 136.
