May 2087 lunar eclipse

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A total lunar eclipse will take place on May 17, 2087. The moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow.

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Saros series

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).

GreatestFirst
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The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2123 Jun 9, lasting 106 minutes. [1]
PenumbralPartialTotalCentral
1492 May 12
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1636 Aug 16
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2015 Apr 4
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2069 May 6
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Last
CentralTotalPartialPenumbral
2177 Jul 11
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2213 Aug 2
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2429 Dec 11
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2754 Jun 26
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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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Inex series

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 40.

All events in this series shown (from 1000 to 2500) are central total lunar eclipses.

Inex series from 1000–2500 AD
Descending nodeAscending nodeDescending nodeAscending node
Saros DateSarosDateSarosDateSarosDate
951016 May 24961045 May 3971074 Apr 14981103 Mar 25
991132 Mar 31001161 Feb 121011190 Jan 231021219 Jan 2
1031247 Dec 131041276 Nov 231051305 Nov 21061334 Oct 13
1071363 Sep 231081392 Sep 21091421 Aug 131101450 Jul 24
1111479 Jul 4112 1508 Jun 13
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1131537 May 241141566 May 4
1151595 Apr 241161624 Apr 31171653 Mar 141181682 Feb 21
1191711 Feb 31201740 Jan 131211768 Dec 231221797 Dec 4
1231826 Nov 141241855 Oct 251251884 Oct 4126 1913 Sep 15
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127 1942 Aug 26
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128 1971 Aug 6
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129 2000 Jul 16
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130 2029 Jun 26
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131 2058 Jun 6
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132 2087 May 17
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1332116 Apr 271342145 Apr 7
1352174 Mar 181362203 Feb 261372232 Feb 71382261 Jan 17
1392289 Dec 271402318 Dec 91412347 Nov 191422376 Oct 28
1432405 Oct 81442434 Sep 181452463 Aug 29146 2492 Aug 8
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Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). [2] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 139.

May 11, 2078 May 22, 2096
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See also

Notes

  1. Listing of Eclipses of series 132
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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