May 2031 lunar eclipse

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's penumbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on May 7, 2031.^[1]

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2031-2034

Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
112	2031 May 07	Penumbral		117	2031 Oct 30	Penumbral
122	2032 Apr 25	Total		127	2032 Oct 18	Total
132	2033 Apr 14	Total		137	2033 Oct 08	Total
142	2034 Apr 03	Penumbral		147	2034 Sep 28	Partial
Last set	2031 Jun 05			Last set	2030 Dec 09
Next set	2035 Feb 22			Next set	2035 Aug 19

Metonic series

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.

This series has 9 events centered on May 6th and October 30th: (saros number)

Ascending node	Descending node
2031 May 07 - penumbral (112) 2050 May 06 - total (122) 2069 May 06 - total (132) 2088 May 05 - partial (142) 2107 May 07 - penumbral (147)	2031 Oct 30 - penumbral (117) 2050 Oct 30 - total (127) 2069 Oct 30 - total (137) 2088 Oct 30 - partial (147)

See also

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

Notes

1. ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 112

External links

• 2031 May 07 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC