Total Lunar Eclipse May 6, 2069
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series (and member)	132 (33 of 71)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	01:24:16
Partial	03:46:11
Penumbral	06:08:07
Contacts
P1	06:03:38 UTC
U1	07:14:38 UTC
U2	08:25:35 UTC
Greatest	09:07:43 UTC
U3	09:49:42 UTC
U4	11:00:49 UTC
P4	12:11:45 UTC
The eclipse occurs in the constellation Libra at the ascending node of the moon's orbit. The moon will also occult the bright star Alpha Librae as seen from the southern hemisphere a few hours before greatest eclipse.[1]

A total lunar eclipse will take place on May 6, 2069. The eclipse will be a dark one with the southern tip of the moon passing through the center of the earth's shadow. This is the first central eclipse of Saros series 132.

It is the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2069, the second occuring at the descending node of the moon's orbit will be on October 30th which will also be a central total eclipse.

The eclipse will be visible after sunset over Australia and begin before sunset over far eastern Asia, and be seen in the predawn hours over western North and South America.

This simulated view of the earth from the center of the moon during greatest eclipse show where the eclipse will be visible on earth.

This eclipse is the one of four lunar eclipses in a short-lived series at the ascending node. The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days (Shifting back about 10 days in sequential years). Because of the date shift, the earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2067-2070

Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
112	2067 May 28	Penumbral		117	2067 Nov 21	Penumbral
122	2068 May 17	Partial		127	2068 Nov 09	Total
132	2069 May 06	Total		137	2069 Oct 30	Total
142	2070 Apr 25	Penumbral		147	2070 Oct 19	Partial

Lunar saros series 132, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 44 umbral lunar eclipses (32 partial lunar eclipses and 12 total lunar eclipses).

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2123 Jun 9, lasting 106 minutes.[2]	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1492 May 12	1636 Aug 16	2015 Apr 4	2069 May 6
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2177 Jul 11	2213 Aug 2	2429 Dec 11	2754 Jun 26

There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on earth.

1901–2100

1907 Jan 29		1925 Feb 8		1943 Feb 20
1961 Mar 2		1979 Mar 13		1997 Mar 24
2015 Apr 4		2033 Apr 14		2051 Apr 26
2069 May 6		2087 May 17

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

It is the third of four Metonic lunar eclipses:

1. 2031 May 07 - penumbral
2. 2050 May 06 - total
3. 2069 May 06 - total
4. 2088 May 05 - partial

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st century lunar eclipses

• NASA: Lunar Eclipses: Past and Future
  • 2069 May 06 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Index to Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses, -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE)
    • Eclipses: 2001 to 2100

• Bao-Lin Liu, Canon of Lunar Eclipses 1500 B.C.-A.D. 3000, 1992

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