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A '''total [[lunar eclipse]]''' is taking place on 16 May 2022, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2022. A second eclipse will happen on [[November 2022 lunar eclipse|8 November]].

The eclipse is a dark one with the northern tip of the [[Moon]] passing through the [[List of central lunar eclipses|center of the Earth's shadow]]. This is the first central eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 131|Saros series 131]].

== Visibility ==
The eclipse is currently completely visible over most of North and South America, seen rising over Northwest North America, and the Pacific Ocean, and will set over Africa and Europe.
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== Related eclipses ==

=== Eclipses of 2022 ===

* [[Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022|A partial solar eclipse on 30 April]].
* A total lunar eclipse on 16 May.
* [[Solar eclipse of October 25, 2022|A partial solar eclipse on 25 October]].
* [[November 2022 lunar eclipse|A total lunar eclipse on 8 November]].

=== Lunar year series ===
{{Lunar eclipse set 2020-2023}}

=== Saros series ===
{{Lunar Saros 131 summary}}

This is the first of the series that passes through the [[List of central lunar eclipses|center of the Earth's shadow]]. The last occurrence was on [[May 2004 lunar eclipse]]. The next occurrence is [[May 2040 lunar eclipse]].

=== Metonic series ===
This eclipse is the third of four [[Metonic cycle]] lunar eclipses on the same date, 15–16 May, each separated by 19 years.

The Moon's path through the Earth's shadow near its descending node progresses southward through each sequential eclipse. The second and third are total eclipses.{{Metonic lunar eclipse 1984-2041}}

=== Half-Saros cycle ===
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a [[Saros (astronomy)#Relationship between lunar and solar saros .28sar.29|half saros]]).<ref>Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros''</ref> This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of [[Solar Saros 138]].
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== See also ==

* [[List of lunar eclipses]] and [[List of 21st-century lunar eclipses]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{LEplot2001 link|2022|May|16|T}}
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