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A total lunar eclipse is taking place on 16 May 2022, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2022. A second eclipse will happen on 8 November.
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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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The eclipse is a dark one with the northern tip of the Moon passing through the center of the Earth's shadow. This is the first central eclipse of Saros series 131.