A total
lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ...
will occur 30 May 2170. It will be the greatest lunar eclipse of
Lunar Saros 133 as well as the largest and darkest
lunar eclipse of the 22nd century.
Related eclipses
Saros cycle
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a
half saros).
[Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros''] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of
Solar Saros 140
Saros cycle series 140 for solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an ...
.
References
Future lunar eclipses
Central total lunar eclipses
22nd-century lunar eclipses
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