May 2049 lunar eclipse

May 2049 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
Date17 May 2049
Gamma−1.1337
Magnitude0.7638[1]
Saros cycle112 (67 of 72[2])
Penumbral224 minutes 16 seconds
Contacts (UTC)
P109:33:02
Greatest11:25:06
P413:17:18

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on May 17, 2049.

Visibility

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2049-2052
Ascending node   Descending node
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 Mar 04 Next set 2053 Aug 29

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
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.

1901–2100
1905 Feb 19 1923 Mar 3 1941 Mar 13
1959 Mar 24 1977 Apr 04 1995 Apr 15
2013 Apr 25 2031 May 07 2049 May 17
2067 May 28 2085 Jun 08

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

Tritos series

Tzolkinex

See also

Notes

  1. ^ For a partial or total lunar eclipse, this value denotes the umbral magnitude. For a penumbral lunar eclipse, this denotes the penumbral magnitude.
  2. ^ Lunar Saros 112 - Fred Espenak's GSFC Eclipse Canon
  3. ^ Listing of Eclipses of series 112
  4. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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