| Total eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
_(cropped).jpg) From Irvine, California at 4:44 UTC | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | 16 May 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | −0.2532 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.4137 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 131 (34 of 72) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 84 minutes, 53 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 207 minutes, 14 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 318 minutes, 40 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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A total lunar eclipse occurred on 15–16 May 2022, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2022.[1] The event occurred near lunar perigee; as a result, this event was referred to some in media coverage as a "super flower blood moon"[Note 1][2][3][4] and elsewhere as a "super blood moon",[5][6][7] a supermoon that coincides with a total lunar eclipse. This was the longest total lunar eclipse visible from nearly all of North America since August 17, 1989 until the next eclipse on November 8.[8][9]
The eclipse was a dark one with the northern limb of the Moon passing through the center of Earth's shadow. This was the first central eclipse of Lunar Saros 131.
This lunar eclipse was the third of an almost tetrad, the others being 26 May 2021 (T), 19 Nov 2021 (P) and 08 Nov 2022 (T).
- ^ "Total Lunar Eclipse on November 7–8, 2022 – Where and When to See". timeanddate.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Lunar Eclipse: What Does the Term 'Super Flower Blood Moon' Mean?". NBC Chicago. 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Look up! "Super flower blood moon" lunar eclipse is coming Sunday night". Michigan Radio. 11 May 2022. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Elizabeth Howell (15 May 2022). "The Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse of 2022 occurs tonight! Here's what to expect". Space.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Prest, Victoria (14 May 2022). "Rare 'super blood moon' and how to see it from Yorkshire". YorkshireLive. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Super blood moon to appear Sunday night: here's how to see it". SILive. 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Reminder: You can see a 'super blood moon' Lunar Eclipse this weekend". Curiocity. 12 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Elizabeth Howell (16 May 2022). "Super Flower Blood Moon of 2022, longest total lunar eclipse in 33 years, wows stargazers". Space.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Mann, Adam (15 May 2022). "A Total Lunar Eclipse in Prime-Time". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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