A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, May 17, 2049, with an umbral magnitude of −0.2073. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. Occurring about 1.9 days before perigee (on May 19, 2049, at 15:25 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over Australia, Antarctica, and the Pacific Ocean, seen rising over east Asia and setting over much of North and South America.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+May 17, 2049 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 0.76505 Umbral Magnitude −0.20727 Gamma −1.13375 Sun Right Ascension 03h38m51.9s Sun Declination +19°28'58.4" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'49.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 15h38m12.8s Moon Declination -20°36'01.8" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'16.0" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°59'41.9" ΔT 84.7 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of May–June 2049 May 17Ascending node (full moon) May 31Descending node (new moon) June 15Ascending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 112 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 138 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 150
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2049 A penumbral lunar eclipse on May 17. An annular solar eclipse on May 31. A penumbral lunar eclipse on June 15. A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 9. A hybrid solar eclipse on November 25.
Metonic Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 4, 2053
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 5, 2042 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 27, 2056
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2058
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 17, 2038 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2060
Lunar Saros 112 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 7, 2031 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 28, 2067
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 5, 2020 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 27, 2078
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 1962 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 18, 2136
Lunar eclipses of 2049–2052
Saros 112
Tritos series
Series members between 1940 and 2200 1940 Mar 23(Saros 102) 1951 Feb 21(Saros 103) 2027 Jul 18(Saros 110) 2038 Jun 17(Saros 111) 2049 May 17(Saros 112) 2060 Apr 15(Saros 113) 2071 Mar 16(Saros 114) 2082 Feb 13(Saros 115) 2093 Jan 12(Saros 116) 2103 Dec 13(Saros 117) 2114 Nov 12(Saros 118) 2125 Oct 12(Saros 119) 2136 Sep 10(Saros 120) 2147 Aug 11(Saros 121) 2158 Jul 11(Saros 122) 2169 Jun 09(Saros 123) 2180 May 09(Saros 124) 2191 Apr 09(Saros 125)
Inex series
Half-Saros cycle A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119. May 11, 2040May 22, 2058
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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