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Total lunar eclipse

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11:18 AM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Wednesday, May 26
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
18 min
Partial duration
188 min
Local circumstances
Phase times in your local time, plus where to look in the sky from Palo Alto, California.
PhaseUTCLocal timeMoon altitudeDirection
P1 — Penumbral begins08:47:2001:47:2030.3°SSW
U1 — Partial begins09:44:3802:44:3826.4°SSW
T1 — Totality begins11:09:3204:09:3216.6°SW
MAX — Greatest eclipse11:18:4004:18:4015.4°SW
T2 — Totality ends11:27:4904:27:4914.1°SW
U2 — Partial ends12:52:4305:52:431.0°WSW
P2 — Penumbral ends13:50:0106:50:01below horizon
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros earlier
Total lunar eclipse
May 15, 2003
1 Saros later
Partial lunar eclipse
June 6, 2039