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 (on April 30, 2107, at 10:00 UTC) and 6.9 days before apogee (on May 14, 2107, at 1:50 UTC).
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.
+May 7, 2107 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 0.00590 Umbral Magnitude −1.01026 Gamma 1.55886 Sun Right Ascension 02h54m26.2s Sun Declination +16°38'11.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'51.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 14h55m38.7s Moon Declination -15°10'36.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'36.5" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'17.0" ΔT 134.8 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) 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.
+ Eclipse season of April–May 2107 April 7Ascending node (full moon) April 23Descending node (new moon) May 7Ascending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 114 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 140 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 152
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2107 A penumbral lunar eclipse on April 7. An annular solar eclipse on April 23. A penumbral lunar eclipse on May 7. A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 2. A total solar eclipse on October 16.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 19, 2103
Tzolkinex Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 18, 2114
Lunar Saros 152 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 17, 2125
Inex Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 16, 2136
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 5, 2020 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 7, 2194
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 (a semester) 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.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2103 to 2107 Ascending node Descending node Saros DateViewing TypeChart Gamma Saros DateViewing TypeChart Gamma 112 2103 Jun 20Penumbral −1.3492 117 2103 Dec 13Penumbral 1.2239 122 2104 Jun 08Partial −0.6362 127 2104 Dec 02Partial 0.4910 132 2105 May 28Total 0.1227 137 2105 Nov 21Total −0.1874 142 2106 May 17Partial 0.8677 147 2106 Nov 11Partial −0.8947 152 2107 May 02Penumbral 1.5588
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
See also List of lunar eclipses List of 22nd-century lunar eclipses
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