#FULL MOOM MAY 2021 FULL#

time zones:Įclipse times for North American time zones: We give the eclipse times first in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, same as GMT) and then in local time for U.S. One arrow shows where the umbral eclipse begins in the Americas, and the other arrow points to where the umbral eclipse ends in Asia. So this outlier region must be content with a faint penumbral eclipse. The regions marked U4 to P4 in Asia, and U1 to P1 in the Americas, sit outside the umbral eclipse viewing area. The arrows in the worldwide map below show where the umbral eclipse begins in the Americas and where the umbral eclipse ends in Asia. The worldwide map above helps to explain.Ī swath of the Americas to the right (east) of the sunrise line on the worldwide map will miss the total eclipse but can watch a partial umbral eclipse of the moon whereas a section of Asia to the left (west) of the sunset line will miss the total eclipse but can watch a partial umbral eclipse. From the world’s Eastern Hemisphere (New Zealand, Australia and southeast Asia), the eclipse happens in the evening hours after sunset May 26. The May 26 eclipse is visible from western North America, southern and far-western South America, the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, Australia and southeast Asia.įrom the Americas, this eclipse takes place in the early morning hours before sunrise May 26.

Who will see the total eclipse?Īs always, you have to be in the right place to see this eclipse. You have to be on the nighttime side of Earth to see the totality at mid-eclipse. The shadow at right (running across eastern Asia) represents sunset (moonrise) May 26. The shadow line at left (running through western North and South America) depicts sunrise (moonset) May 26. Day and night sides of Earth at mid-eclipse or greatest eclipse (May 26 at 11:19 UTC). Plenty of time to enjoy, especially under a dark sky. So, from start to finish, the moon takes a little over three hours to pass through the Earth’s dark shadow.

#FULL MOOM MAY 2021 FULL#

The last total eclipse of a year’s closest full moon happened on September 28, 2015.Īlthough the totality in the May 26, 2021, eclipse lasts for less than 15 minutes, a partial umbral eclipse precedes and then follows totality by nearly 1 1/2 hours each time. Total eclipses of supermoons aren’t all that rare.

This particular eclipse is also special because the totality, or total phase, is so short-lived, lasting less than 15 minutes. The eclipse will take place in the early morning hours, before sunrise, for those in western North America and at other times for people elsewhere on the globe. This May full moon is 2021’s closest (and therefore biggest and brightest) full moon of the year: a supermoon. On May 26, 2021, the full moon will sweep through the Earth’s dark umbral shadow, creating a total eclipse of the moon. During a total lunar eclipse, at totality or mid-eclipse, the moon turns blood red. Tom Wildoner captured this image of it from Weatherly, Pennsylvania. The last total eclipse of the moon was more than 2 years ago on January 21, 2019.

Full moom may 2021