| Total eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
 Totality as viewed from Mountain View, California at 11:23 UTC, end of totality | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | May 26, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | 0.4774 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.0112 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 121 (55 of 82) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 14 minutes, 30 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 187 minutes, 25 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 302 minutes, 2 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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A total lunar eclipse took place on 26 May 2021. It was the first total lunar eclipse since the January 2019 lunar eclipse. It was visible in areas of southeast Asia, all of Australia, all of Oceania, most of Alaska and Canada, all of the lower 48 states, all of Hawaii, and most of South America. Totality lasted for 14 minutes making it one of the shortest eclipses of the 21st century.
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