August 2054 lunar eclipse

August 2054 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
	Hourly snapshots of the Moon's movement through the Earth's shadow
Date	18 August 2054
Gamma	0.2806
Magnitude	1.3062
Saros cycle	129 (40 of 71)
Totality	82 minutes 57 seconds
Partiality	226 minutes 32 seconds
Penumbral	369 minutes 27 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	06:20:05
U1	07:31:32
U2	08:43:19
Greatest	09:24:48
U3	10:06:16
U4	11:18:04
P4	12:29:32
	← February 2054 February 2055 →

A total lunar eclipse will take place on August 18, 2054.

This eclipse is the second of an almost tetrad, the others being 22 February 2054 (T), 11 February 2055 (T), and 7 August 2055 (P).

Visibility

View of the Earth from the Moon at greatest eclipse

The entire eclipse will be visible in western North America and the Pacific Ocean. Part or most of the eclipse will be visible in the remainder of the Americas, Oceania, and most of Eastern and Southeastern Asia.

Related lunar eclipses

Saros series

Lunar saros series 129, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 71 events, has 11 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on May 24, 1910, and last will be on September 8, 2090. The longest occurrence of this series was on July 16, 2000 when totality lasted 106 minutes and 24.6 seconds.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 2000 Jul 16, lasting 106 minutes.	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1351 Jun 10	1513 Sep 15	1910 May 24	1946 Jun 14
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2036 Aug 7	2090 Sep 8	2469 Apr 26	2613 Jul 24

1901–2100
1910 May 24	1928 Jun 3	1946 Jun 14

1964 Jun 25	1982 Jul 6	2000 Jul 16

2018 Jul 27	2036 Aug 7	2054 Aug 18

2072 Aug 28	2090 Sep 8

It last occurred on August 7, 2036 and will next occur on August 28, 2072.

This is the 40th member of Lunar Saros 129. The previous event was the August 2036 lunar eclipse. The next event is the August 2072 lunar eclipse. Lunar Saros 129 contains 11 total lunar eclipses between 1910 and 2090. Solar Saros 136 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 136.

August 12, 2045	August 24, 2063

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2053–2056
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
Ascending node			Descending node
114	2053 Mar 04	Penumbral	119	2053 Aug 29	Penumbral
124	2054 Feb 22	Total	129	2054 Aug 18	Total
134	2055 Feb 11	Total	139	2055 Aug 07	Partial
144	2056 Feb 01	Penumbral	149	2056 Jul 26	Partial

Last set	2052 Apr 14		Last set	2052 Oct 08

Next set	2056 Dec 22		Next set	2056 Jun 27