May 2049 lunar eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on May 17, 2049.
| Penumbral eclipse | |||||||||
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| Date | 17 May 2049 | ||||||||
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| Gamma | −1.1337 | ||||||||
| Magnitude | 0.7638[1] | ||||||||
| Saros cycle | 112 (67 of 72[2]) | ||||||||
| Penumbral | 224 minutes 16 seconds | ||||||||
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Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 112 | 2049 May 17 |
Penumbral |
117 | 2049 Nov 09 |
Penumbral | |
| 122 | 2050 May 06 |
Total |
127 | 2050 Oct 30 |
Total | |
| 132 | 2051 Apr 26 |
Total |
137 | 2051 Oct 19 |
Total | |
| 142 | 2052 Apr 14 |
Penumbral |
147 | 2052 Oct 08 |
Partial | |
| Last set | 2049 Jun 15 | Last set | 2048 Dec 20 | |||
| Next set | 2053 Aug 29 | Next set | 2053 Mar 04 | |||
Saros series
Lunar Saros series 112, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 15 total lunar eclipses.
| Greatest | First | |||
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| The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1490 Jun 02, lasting 100 minutes.[3] | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
| 859 May 20 | 985 Aug 03 | 1364 Mar 18 | 1436 Apr 30 | |
| Last | ||||
| Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
| 1562 Jul 16 | 1616 Aug 27 | 2013 Apr 25 |
2139 Jul 12 | |
There are 11 series events between 1901 and 2100, grouped into threes (called an exeligmos), each column with approximately the same viewing longitude on earth.
| 1905 Feb 19 | 1923 Mar 3 | 1941 Mar 13 | |||
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| 1959 Mar 24 | 1977 Apr 04 | 1995 Apr 15 | |||
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| 2013 Apr 25 | 2031 May 07 | 2049 May 17 | |||
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| 2067 May 28 | 2085 Jun 08 | ||||
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Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[4] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.
| May 11, 2040 | May 22, 2058 |
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Notes
- For a partial or total lunar eclipse, this value denotes the umbral magnitude. For a penumbral lunar eclipse, this denotes the penumbral magnitude.
- Lunar Saros 112 - Fred Espenak's GSFC Eclipse Canon
- Listing of Eclipses of series 112
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 2049 May 17 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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