| Total Lunar Eclipse May 6, 2069 | |
|---|---|
 The Moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series (and member) | 132 (33 of 71) |
| Gamma | 0.272 |
| Magnitude | 1.327 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | 01:24:16 |
| Partial | 03:46:11 |
| Penumbral | 06:08:07 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 06:03:38 UTC |
| U1 | 07:14:38 UTC |
| U2 | 08:25:35 UTC |
| Greatest | 09:07:43 UTC |
| U3 | 09:49:42 UTC |
| U4 | 11:00:49 UTC |
| P4 | 12:11:45 UTC |
 The eclipse occurs in the constellation Libra at the ascending node of the moon's orbit. | |
A total lunar eclipse will take place on May 6, 2069. The eclipse will be dark, with the southern tip of the Moon passing through the center of the Earth's shadow. This is the first central eclipse of Saros series 132.
It is the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2069, the second occurring at the descending node of the Moon's orbit will be on October 30, which will also be a central total eclipse.
It is the third of an almost tetrad, the others being 17 May 2068 (P), 9 Nov 2068 (T) and 30 October 2069 (T).