February 2054 lunar eclipse
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| Total eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
 Path of the Moon during the February 2054 lunar eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | 22 February 2054 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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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
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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]| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 114 | 2053 Mar 04
|
Penumbral
|
119 | 2053 Aug 29 |
Penumbral
| |
| 124 | 2054 Feb 22
|
Total
|
129 | 2054 Aug 18
|
Total
| |
| 134 | 2055 Feb 11
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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 | |||
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- 2054 Feb 22 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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