TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
People in the Americas, Europe and Africa will see the total lunar eclipse during the night of May 15-16, 2022. On this night, the moon is close: a supermoon.
This total eclipse is central. That means the moon passes centrally through the axis of Earth’s dark (umbral) shadow. The moon is in a near part of its orbit – close to Earth – during the eclipse. It’s a supermoon.
Because they are so deep, such eclipses typically have the longest total phases. In this case, the duration of totality lasts almost an hour and a half: 84.9 minutes!
This lunar eclipse takes place 1.5 days before the moon reaches perigee, its closest point to Earth for the month. So this full moon is a supermoon. That means, during this eclipse, the moon appears relatively large in our sky.

EXPECT HIGHER-THAN-USUAL TIDES, FOLLOWING THIS ECLIPSE
The May full moon is a supermoon, closest to the Earth for May just 1.5 days before the eclipse takes place. Thus, in the day or two after the eclipse, people who live along a coastline can expect higher-than-usual tides.
Some call these sorts of tides perigean spring tides. But in recent years, since close new or full moons have come to be called supermoons, the extra high tides they bring are sometimes called supermoon tides. Some also favor the term king tides.

Enjoy
Jiri

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