This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 118. Almost all total lunar eclipses in Lunar Saros 129 are micromoon eclipses. Lunar polar sunrises and sunsets occur around the time of eclipses (solar or lunar). It is possible to predict other eclipses using eclipse cycles. Total lunar eclipses pass through all three phases. There are different saros series for solar and lunar eclipses. The Babylonian astronomers were very adept at mathematics and could predict eclipses and solstices. The Uyghurs used a 12-month calendar and calculated the dates of solar and lunar eclipses. The Chinese astronomer Shi Shen gave instructions for predicting solar and lunar eclipses. The first recorded observations of comets, solar eclipses, and supernovae were made in China. Comets, eclipses, and droughts were considered omens of things to come. The Babylonians kept very accurate records for hundreds of years of new moons and eclipses. He considered that a purposeful God had reasons to exhibit comets and eclipses. Chinese astronomers were able to precisely predict eclipses. This atmospheric instability makes weather forecasting less predictable than tides or eclipses.