May 2107 lunar eclipse


A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Saturday, May 7, 2107, with an umbral magnitude of −0.9356. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. The Moon's apparent diameter will be near the average diameter because it will occur 6.8 days after perigee and 6.9 days before apogee.
This eclipse will be too small to be visually perceptible.

Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over much of North and South America, western Europe, west and southern Africa, and Antarctica.

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
ParameterValue
Penumbral Magnitude0.00590
Umbral Magnitude−1.01026
Gamma1.55886
Sun Right Ascension02h54m26.2s
Sun Declination+16°38'11.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'51.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension14h55m38.7s
Moon Declination-15°10'36.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'36.5"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°57'17.0"
ΔT134.8 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
April 7
Ascending node
April 23
Descending node
May 7
Ascending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 114
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 140
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 152

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2107

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Lunar Saros 152

Inex

Triad

Lunar eclipses of 2103–2107

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
The penumbral lunar eclipses on January 23, 2103 and July 19, 2103 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the penumbral lunar eclipses on April 7, 2107 and October 2, 2107 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.