Total lunar eclipse
Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:40 AM UTC
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
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May 4, 1985
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May 26, 2021
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Peak (UTC)
Thursday, May 15
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
53 min
Partial duration
195 min
More eclipses to explore
Browse the catalog by date — the next and previous eclipses by peak time, regardless of type. For closely related events of the same type spaced ~18 years apart, see the Saros family panel on the left.