05/27/2021 – Ephemeris – Miss yesterday’s eclipse? There’s 2 more in the next 12 months.

This is Bob Moler with Ephemeris for Thursday, May 27th. Today the Sun will be up for 15 hours and 13 minutes, setting at 9:17, and it will rise tomorrow at 6:02. The Moon, 1 day past full, will rise at 11:14 this evening.

While yesterday morning’s lunar eclipse may have been disappointing by setting just as it got going. That won’t happen with the next one. The next lunar eclipse visible from Northern Michigan will occur this November 19th, a Friday. It’s another morning eclipse, but doesn’t compete with sunrise or morning twilight. It’s not quite total, but nearly 97.5% of the Moon’s diameter will be covered by the Earth’s inner umbral shadow. The partial eclipse will start at 2:18 am and end at 5:47 am, which in November is nowhere near sunrise. We seem to be coming into a fortuitous period of eclipses in the next few years. Our next lunar eclipse after November will be next May 15th’s lunar eclipse, and it will be total and will conveniently happen in the evening.

The astronomical event times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.