February_2054_lunar_eclipse Knowpia

February 2054 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
	Path of the Moon during the February 2054 lunar eclipse
Date	22 February 2054
Gamma	−0.3242
Magnitude	1.2769
Saros cycle	124 (51 of 74)
Totality	72 minutes 8 seconds
Partiality	200 minutes 53 seconds
Penumbral	314 minutes 45 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	04:12:25
U1	05:09:19
U2	06:13:41
Greatest	06:49:46
U3	07:25:49
U4	08:30:12
P4	09:27:09
	← August 2053 August 2054 →

A total lunar eclipse will occur on Sunday, February 22, 2054.

This eclipse is the first of an almost tetrad, the others being 18 Aug 2054 (T), 11 Feb 2055 (T) and 7 August 2055 (P).

Visibility edit

View of Earth from the Moon at greatest eclipse

The entire eclipse will be visible in most of the Americas. Most or some of the eclipse will be visible in westernmost South America, Europe, the western half of Africa, easternmost Asia, and most of Oceania.

Related lunar eclipses edit

This eclipse is part of Lunar Saros 124.

Lunar year series edit

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2053–2056
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
Ascending node			Descending node
114	2053 Mar 04	Penumbral	119	2053 Aug 29	Penumbral
124	2054 Feb 22	Total	129	2054 Aug 18	Total
134	2055 Feb 11	Total	139	2055 Aug 07	Partial
144	2056 Feb 01	Penumbral	149	2056 Jul 26	Partial

Last set	2052 Apr 14		Last set	2052 Oct 08

Next set	2056 Dec 22		Next set	2056 Jun 27