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Series Information
This lunar saros series 121 for moon′s descending node, began on 06 October 1029 and will end on 18 March 2508. It contains 82 members which will lunar eclipses, and will last 1479.5 years.
In lunar saros series, the total eclipses are in division 3 and include members 27 through 55, which member 55 occurred on 26 May 2021. This saros series will now continue with member number 56 on 06 June 2039 which will be a partial eclipse.
The most recent member of this series was the last total lunar eclipse on May 26, 2021. The next member on June 6, 2039 will be the first partial lunar eclipse from the second set of partial lunar eclipses of this series.
The longest totality occurred at series member 26, on October 18, 1660, lasting 100.5 minutes.
This lunar saros series is liked to the Solar Saros
Series 128.
Eclipse Divisions
The eclipses of lunar saros series 121 have the following divisions.
1. 20 Penumbral eclipses (1-20) from 06 October 1047 through 29 April 1390.
2. 6 Partial eclipses (21-26) from 10 May 1408 through 03 July 1498.
3. 29 Total eclipses (27-55) from 13 July 1516 through 26 May 2021.
4. 7 Partial eclipses (56-62) from 06 June 2039 through 11 August 2147.
5. 20 Penumbral eclipses (63-82) from 21 August 2165 through 18 March 2508.
Division 3, Total Lunar Eclipses
Event 53, 04 May 1985, duration 67.7 minutes, India ocean, Africa, Middle East, Europe and Asia
Event 54, 16 May 2003, duration 51.4 minutes, South America
Event 55, 26 May 2021, duration 14.5 minutes, Pacific, W. NA and E. Asia
Division 4, Partial Lunar Eclipses
Event 56, 06 June 2039, duration: 173.3 minutes, S. India ocean
Event 57, 17 June 2057, duration: 169.3 minutes
Event 58, 28 June 2075, duration: 157 minutes
Event 59, 08 July 2093, duration: 141.9 minutes
Event 60, 21 July 2111, duration: 123.2 minutes
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