Total lunar eclipse – a supermoon eclipse – on May 15-16, 2022

earthsky.org ^ | 5/15/2022 | Fred Espenak and Editors of EarthSky

[bitt]

Total lunar eclipse

People in the Americas, Europe and Africa will see the total lunar eclipse during the night of May 15-16, 2022. Plus, on this night, the moon is close: a supermoon.

Penumbral eclipse begins at 1:32 UTC on May 16 (9:32 p.m. EDT on May 15).

Partial eclipse begins at 2:27 UTC on May 16 (10:27 p.m. EDT on May 15).

Totality begins (moon engulfed in Earth’s shadow) at 3:29 UTC on May 16 (11:29 p.m. EDT on May 15).

Totality ends at 4:53 UTC on May 16 (12:53 a.m. EDT).

Partial eclipse ends at 5:55 UTC on May 16 (1:55 a.m. EDT).

Penumbral eclipse ends at 6:50 UTC on May 16 (2:50 a.m. EDT).

Maximum eclipse is at 4:12 UTC on May 16 (12:12 a.m. EDT).

Duration of totality: About 90 minutes. Note: This total eclipse is central. That means the moon passes centrally through the axis of Earth’s dark (umbral) shadow. The moon is in a near part of its orbit – close to Earth – during the eclipse. It’s a supermoon.

Visit Timeanddate.com to get an exact timing of the eclipse from your location.

Because they are so deep, central eclipses typically have the longest total phases. In this case, the duration of totality lasts nearly 90 minutes!

A full moon is up only at night. And a total lunar eclipse can be seen from all of Earth that is experiencing night while the eclipse is taking place. But some will see the eclipse better than others, depending on location. Some will see it at moonrise or moonset, when the moon is low in the sky. Lunar eclipses are safe to view with the unaided eye. Binoculars and telescopes enhance the view, but aren’t required.

Read: May’s full moon is the Flower Moon

[bitt]

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[mylife]

thanks for the reminder

[SamAdams76]

Lunar eclipses don’t get the same fanfare as solar eclipses.

[dynachrome]

Thanks. If the clouds clear up I will be able to see it.

[Jamestown1630]

But you can watch the whole thing naked-eyed. I remember I saw my first one while lying on the hood of my car...

[bgill]

Solar eclipses get songs written about them.

My cat has shadow but we charge $42.50 to see it.

[Steven Scharf]

We are fogged in on the coast of Maine.

[Billthedrill]

Looks like clouds tonight. I’m going to call the astronomers to see if they’ll reschedule.

[Sequoyah101]

Bugger.

Cloudy here.

[Verginius Rufus]

A lunar eclipse caused Athens to lose the Peloponnesian War. Well, at any rate it contributed to the loss.

Nicias delayed leading the Athenian expeditionary force away from Syracuse because of a lunar eclipse on August 27, 413 B.C., because the soothsayers told him to wait 27 days. In the end most of the forces were killed or captured. Athens kept fighting until 404 but it was greatly weakened by the losses in Sicily.

[zeebee]

Lunar eclipse- way cool

Total solar eclipse- an other worldly experience.

[Jamestown1630]

Overcast in DC area, with thunderstorms coming.

Watch online:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGIaEIICIcs

[sauropod]

bkmk

[KarlInOhio]

Thanks to you and the original author for not using the silly “Blood Moon” term. It makes a cool astronomical event sound like a cheap Conan knockoff. “The Jaguar tribes will ravage the land of the Wizard king upon the rising of The Blood Moon”. Bleah!

[Rusty0604]

Thanks for posting!

[Robert DeLong]

Different Stages in Lunar Eclipse

[Robert DeLong]

Translate UTC into your local time

United States
Atlantic Standard Time| subtract 4 hours from UTC
Eastern Standard Time| subtract 5 hours from UTC
Central Standard Time| subtract 6 hours from UTC
Mountain Standard Time| subtract 7 hours from UTC
Pacific Standard Time| subtract 8 hours from UTC
Alaska Standard Time| subtract 9 hours from UTC
Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time| subtract 10 hours from UTC
Samoa Standard Time| subtract 11 hours from UTC

[Conservat1]

Thanks

[metmom]

If it’s not overcast…..