Lunar Saros 121

Summary

Member 54 Member 55

2003 May 16

2021 May 26

Saros cycle series 121 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's descending node. It began in 1029 and will end in 2526. It contains 84 member lunar eclipses, each separated by 18 years 11 and 1/3 days, and will last 1496.5 years.

The series contains 29 total lunar eclipses between 1560 and 2021. It contains seven partial eclipses from 1398 to 1490 and seven more between 2039 and 2147.

The last occurrence of this series was the last total lunar eclipse on May 26, 2021. The next occurrence on June 6, 2039 will be the first partial lunar eclipse, second set of partial lunar eclipses of this series.

The longest totality occurred at series member 26, on October 18, 1660, lasting 102 minutes.

This lunar saros is linked to Solar Saros 128.

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Cat. Saros Mem Date Time UT
(hr:mn)
Type Gamma Magnitude Duration
(min)
Contacts UT
(hr:mn)
Chart
Greatest Pen. Par. Tot. P1 P4 U1 U2 U3 U4
07335 121 1 1047 Oct 06 19:05:28 Penumbral -1.5573 -1.0450 67.2 18:31:52 19:39:04 [1]
07379 121 2 1065 Oct 17 2:42:50 Penumbral -1.5292 -0.9943 97.5 1:54:05 3:31:35 [2]
07423 121 3 1083 Oct 28 10:27:33 Penumbral -1.5062 -0.9530 116.2 9:29:27 11:25:39 [3]
07469 121 4 1101 Nov 7 18:20:53 Penumbral -1.4895 -0.9228 127.7 17:17:02 19:24:44 [4]
07515 121 5 1119 Nov 19 2:18:55 Penumbral -1.476 -0.8981 136.2 1:10:49 3:27:01 [5]
07561 121 6 1137 Nov 29 10:23:17 Penumbral -1.4668 -0.881 141.3 9:12:38 11:33:56 [6]
07608 121 7 1155 Dec 10 18:29:45 Penumbral -1.4587 -0.8655 145.5 17:17:00 19:42:30 [7]
07655 121 8 1173 Dec 21 2:37:51 Penumbral -1.451 -0.8504 149.1 1:23:18 3:52:24 [8]
07701 121 9 1192 Jan 1 10:45:09 Penumbral -1.442 -0.8325 153.1 9:28:36 12:01:42 [9]
07747 121 10 1210 Jan 11 18:51:00 Penumbral -1.4309 -0.8105 157.8 17:32:06 20:09:54 [10]
07793 121 11 1228 Jan 23 2:52:19 Penumbral -1.4157 -0.7805 164.1 1:30:16 4:14:22 [11]
07838 121 12 1246 Feb 02 10:48:40 Penumbral -1.3956 -0.7413 172.1 9:22:37 12:14:43 [12]
07883 121 13 1264 Feb 13 18:38:57 Penumbral -1.3699 -0.6915 181.7 17:08:06 20:09:48 [13]
07928 121 14 1282 Feb 24 2:23:04 Penumbral -1.3383 -0.6307 192.7 0:46:43 3:59:25 [14]
07973 121 15 1300 Mar 06 9:58:08 Penumbral -1.2987 -0.5550 205.4 8:15:26 11:40:50 [15]
08016 121 16 1318 Mar 17 17:27:00 Penumbral -1.2533 -0.4687 218.5 15:37:45 19:16:15 [16]
08059 121 17 1336 Mar 28 0:47:28 Penumbral -1.2002 -0.3682 232.3 22:51:19 2:43:37 [17]
08101 121 18 1354 Apr 08 8:02:44 Penumbral -1.1418 -0.2580 245.7 5:59:53 10:05:35 [18]
08142 121 19 1372 Apr 18 15:09:54 Penumbral -1.0757 -0.1338 259.3 13:00:15 17:19:33 [19]
08183 121 20 1390 Apr 29 22:13:51 Penumbral -1.0059 -0.0029 271.9 19:57:54 0:29:48 [20]
08224 121 21 1408 May 10 5:12:17 Partial -0.9307 0.1378 283.7 86.1 2:50:26 7:34:08 4:29:14 5:55:20 [21]
08265 121 22 1426 May 21 12:09:04 Partial -0.8528 0.2833 294.4 120.4 9:41:52 14:36:16 11:08:52 13:09:16 [22]
08307 121 23 1444 May 31 19:03:18 Partial -0.7715 0.4347 303.9 145.3 16:31:21 21:35:15 17:50:39 20:15:57 [23]
08348 121 24 1462 Jun 12 1:58:55 Partial -0.6901 0.5860 312.0 164.2 23:22:55 4:34:55 0:36:49 3:21:01 [24]
08388 121 25 1480 Jun 22 8:55:27 Partial -0.6085 0.7375 318.9 179.1 6:16:00 11:34:54 7:25:54 10:25:00 [25]
08428 121 26 1498 Jul 03 15:54:47 Partial -0.5279 0.8867 324.4 190.8 13:12:35 18:36:59 14:19:23 17:30:11 [26]
08468 121 27 1516 Jul 13 22:58:24 Total -0.4501 1.0308 328.7 199.7 27.4 20:14:03 1:42:45 21:18:33 22:44:42 23:12:06 0:38:15 [27]
08509 121 28 1534 Jul 25 6:07:01 Total -0.3754 1.1688 331.9 206.4 61.1 3:21:04 8:52:58 4:23:49 5:36:28 6:37:34 7:50:13 [28]
08551 121 29 1552 Aug 04 13:22:37 Total -0.3055 1.2978 334.1 211.3 77.5 10:35:34 16:09:40 11:36:58 12:43:52 14:01:22 15:08:16 [29]
08595 121 30 1570 Aug 15 20:44:34 Total -0.2401 1.4183 335.4 214.6 87.6 17:56:52 23:32:16 18:57:16 20:00:46 21:28:22 22:31:52 [30]
08638 121 31 1588 Sep 05 4:15:59 Total -0.1818 1.5254 336.0 216.6 93.8 1:27:59 7:03:59 2:27:41 3:29:05 5:02:53 6:04:17 [31]
08681 121 32 1606 Sep 16 11:55:21 Total -0.1295 1.6216 336.0 217.7 97.5 9:07:21 14:43:21 10:06:30 11:06:36 12:44:06 13:44:12 [32]
08726 121 33 1624 Sep 26 19:44:24 Total -0.0845 1.7042 335.6 218.0 99.5 16:56:36 22:32:12 17:55:24 18:54:39 20:34:09 21:33:24 [33]
08770 121 34 1642 Oct 08 3:42:19 Total -0.0462 1.7746 335.0 217.9 100.3 0:54:49 6:29:49 1:53:22 2:52:10 4:32:28 5:31:16 [34]
08815 121 35 1660 Oct 18 11:50:08 Total -0.0151 1.8316 334.2 217.5 100.5 9:03:02 14:37:14 10:01:23 10:59:53 12:40:23 13:38:53 [35]
08860 121 36 1678 Oct 29 20:06:20 Total 0.0093 1.8422 333.2 216.9 100.2 17:19:44 22:52:56 18:17:53 19:16:14 20:56:26 21:54:47 [36]
08906 121 37 1696 Nov 09 4:30:21 Total 0.0281 1.8078 332.3 216.3 99.8 1:44:12 7:16:30 2:42:12 3:40:27 5:20:15 6:18:30 [37]
08952 121 38 1714 Nov 21 13:01:44 Total 0.0414 1.7836 331.3 215.6 99.4 10:16:05 15:47:23 11:13:56 12:12:02 13:51:26 14:49:32 [38]
08999 121 39 1732 Dec 01 21:39:42 Total 0.0502 1.7678 330.4 215.1 99.0 18:54:30 0:24:54 19:52:09 20:50:12 22:29:12 23:27:15 [39]
09046 121 40 1750 Dec 13 6:21:46 Total 0.0561 1.7576 329.5 214.5 98.7 3:37:01 9:06:31 4:34:31 5:32:25 7:11:07 8:09:01 [40]
09093 121 41 1768 Dec 23 15:07:13 Total 0.0597 1.7517 328.6 214.1 98.4 12:22:55 17:51:31 13:20:10 14:18:01 15:56:25 16:54:16 [41]
09138 121 42 1787 Jan 03 23:53:37 Total 0.0632 1.7465 327.6 213.6 98.2 21:09:49 2:37:25 22:06:49 23:04:31 0:42:43 1:40:25 [42]
09183 121 43 1805 Jan 15 8:40:58 Total 0.0663 1.7420 326.7 213.2 98.1 5:57:37 11:24:19 6:54:22 7:51:55 9:30:01 10:27:34 [43]
09228 121 44 1823 Jan 26 17:24:54 Total 0.0729 1.7314 325.7 212.8 97.8 14:42:03 20:07:45 15:38:30 16:36:00 18:13:48 19:11:18 [44]
09274 121 45 1841 Feb 06 2:07:13 Total 0.0812 1.7178 324.7 212.4 97.5 23:24:52 4:49:34 0:21:01 1:18:28 2:55:58 3:53:25 [45]
09319 121 46 1859 Feb 17 10:43:28 Total 0.0950 1.6944 323.6 211.9 96.9 8:01:40 13:25:16 8:57:31 9:55:01 11:31:55 12:29:25 [46]
09363 121 47 1877 Feb 27 19:15:38 Total 0.1125 1.6644 322.5 211.3 96.2 16:34:23 21:56:53 17:29:59 18:27:32 20:03:44 21:01:17 [47]
09407 121 48 1895 Mar 11 3:39:10 Total 0.1376 1.6204 321.2 210.5 94.8 0:58:34 6:19:46 1:53:55 2:51:46 4:26:34 5:24:25 [48]
09449 121 49 1913 Mar 22 11:57:49 Total 0.1671 1.5683 319.7 209.4 92.8 9:17:58 14:37:40 10:13:07 11:11:25 12:44:13 13:42:31 [49][50]
09491 121 50 1931 Apr 02 20:07:55 Total 0.2043 1.5021 317.9 207.8 89.6 17:28:58 22:46:52 18:24:01 19:23:07 20:52:43 21:51:49 [51][52]
09533 121 51 1949 Apr 13 4:11:25 Total 0.2474 1.4251 315.8 205.7 84.9 1:33:31 6:49:19 2:28:34 3:28:58 4:53:52 5:54:16 [53][54]
09574 121 52 1967 Apr 24 12:07:04 Total 0.2972 1.3356 313.3 202.8 77.9 9:30:25 14:43:43 10:25:40 11:28:07 12:46:01 13:48:28 [55][56]
09616 121 53 1985 May 04 19:57:19 Total 0.3519 1.2369 310.2 198.9 67.7 17:22:13 22:32:25 18:17:52 19:23:28 20:31:10 21:36:46 [57][58]
09657 121 54 2003 May 16 3:41:13 Total 0.4123 1.1276 306.5 193.9 51.4 1:07:58 6:14:28 2:04:16 3:15:31 4:06:55 5:18:10 [59][60]
09698 121 55 2021 May 26 11:19:53 Total 0.4774 1.0095 302.0 187.4 14.5 8:48:53 13:50:53 9:46:11 11:12:38 11:27:08 12:53:35 [61][62]
09739 121 56 2039 Jun 06 18:54:25 Partial 0.5460 0.8846 296.7 179.3 16:26:04 21:22:46 17:24:46 20:24:04 [63][64]
09779 121 57 2057 Jun 17 2:26:20 Partial 0.6167 0.7555 290.6 169.3 0:01:02 4:51:38 1:01:41 3:50:59 [65][66]
09820 121 58 2075 Jun 28 9:55:35 Partial 0.6897 0.6220 283.4 157.0 7:33:53 12:17:17 8:37:05 11:14:05 [67][68]
09861 121 59 2093 Jul 08 17:24:18 Partial 0.7632 0.4872 275.3 141.9 15:06:39 19:41:57 16:13:21 18:35:15 [69][70]
09903 121 60 2111 Jul 21 0:53:17 Partial 0.8362 0.3530 266.3 123.2 22:40:08 3:06:26 23:51:41 1:54:53 [71]
09945 121 61 2129 Jul 31 8:24:31 Partial 0.9070 0.2224 256.5 99.7 6:16:16 10:32:46 7:34:40 9:14:22 [72]
09988 121 62 2147 Aug 11 15:57:02 Partial 0.9765 0.0941 245.8 66.0 13:54:08 17:59:56 15:24:02 16:30:02 [73]
10032 121 63 2165 Aug 21 23:34:21 Penumbral 1.0417 -0.0269 234.5 21:37:06 1:31:36 [74]
10075 121 64 2183 Sep 02 7:15:22 Penumbral 1.1036 -0.1419 222.7 5:24:01 9:06:43 [75]
10118 121 65 2201 Sep 13 15:03:17 Penumbral 1.1597 -0.2464 210.7 13:17:56 16:48:38 [76]
10162 121 66 2219 Sep 24 22:55:52 Penumbral 1.2116 -0.3435 198.5 21:16:37 0:35:07 [77]
10207 121 67 2237 Oct 05 6:57:02 Penumbral 1.2563 -0.4275 186.9 5:23:35 8:30:29 [78]
10252 121 68 2255 Oct 16 15:04:25 Penumbral 1.2959 -0.5021 175.7 13:36:34 16:32:16 [79]
10298 121 69 2273 Oct 26 23:19:49 Penumbral 1.3288 -0.5647 165.5 21:57:04 0:42:34 [80]
10345 121 70 2291 Nov 07 7:41:44 Penumbral 1.3564 -0.6174 156.4 6:23:32 8:59:56 [81]
10391 121 71 2309 Nov 18 16:10:56 Penumbral 1.3782 -0.6594 148.7 14:56:35 17:25:17 [82]
10437 121 72 2327 Nov 30 0:45:50 Penumbral 1.3949 -0.6920 142.6 23:34:32 1:57:08 [83]
10483 121 73 2345 Dec 10 9:24:58 Penumbral 1.4083 -0.7184 137.4 8:16:16 10:33:40 [84]
10528 121 74 2363 Dec 21 18:08:30 Penumbral 1.4179 -0.7376 133.8 17:01:36 19:15:24 [85]
10573 121 75 2382 Jan 01 2:54:07 Penumbral 1.4262 -0.7541 130.5 1:48:52 3:59:22 [86]
10617 121 76 2400 Jan 12 11:40:47 Penumbral 1.4330 -0.7678 127.8 10:36:53 12:44:41 [87]
10662 121 77 2418 Jan 22 20:25:46 Penumbral 1.4410 -0.7835 124.3 19:23:37 21:27:55 [88]
10706 121 78 2436 Feb 03 5:08:57 Penumbral 1.4502 -0.8010 119.9 4:09:00 6:08:54 [89]
10750 121 79 2454 Feb 13 13:48:10 Penumbral 1.4626 -0.8241 113.4 12:51:28 14:44:52 [90]
10792 121 80 2472 Feb 24 22:21:41 Penumbral 1.4791 -0.8547 103.6 21:29:53 23:13:29 [91]
10834 121 81 2490 Mar 07 6:48:56 Penumbral 1.5004 -0.8940 88.8 6:04:32 7:33:20 [92]
10875 121 82 2508 Mar 18 15:08:38 Penumbral 1.5273 -0.9433 64.8 14:36:14 15:41:02 [93]

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros121.html   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links edit

  • Lunar Eclipses of Saros 121, Fred Espenak
  • www.hermit.org: Saros 121