May 2170 lunar eclipse

Total eclipseDate30 May 2170Gamma0.0174^[1]Magnitude1.8330^[1]Saros cycle133 (35 of 71)Totality102 min^[1]Partiality219 min^[1]

Contacts (UTC)
P1	[2]
U1	[2]
U2	[2]
Greatest	[2]
U3	[2]
U4	[2]
P4	[2]

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

Saros cycle

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. [3]	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.

1901–2100

1917 Dec 28		1936 Jan 08		1954 Jan 19
1972 Jan 30		1990 Feb 09		2008 Feb 21
2026 Mar 03		2044 Mar 13		2062 Mar 25
2080 Apr 04		2098 Apr 15

Half-Saros cycle

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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