May 2050 lunar eclipse explained

Type:total
Date:6 May 2050
Gamma:-0.4181
Magnitude:1.0767[1]
Saros Ser:122
Saros No:58 of 75[2]
Cat Year:2001
Cat No:LE2050May06T
Totality:43 minutes 11 seconds
Partiality:205 minutes 59 seconds
Penumbral:340 minutes 1 second
P1:19:40:25
U1:20:47:31
U2:22:08:54
Greatest:22:30:28
U3:22:52:05 (May 6)
U4:00:13:30 (May 7)
P4:01:20:27
Previous:November 2049
Next:October 2050

A total lunar eclipse will take place on May 6, 2050.

This lunar eclipse will be the first of a tetrad, four total lunar eclipses in series. The previous series will have taken place in 2043 and 2044, starting with the March 2043 lunar eclipse.

This will be the 58th member of Lunar Saros 122. The previous event will have been the April 2032 lunar eclipse.

Related lunar eclipses

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See also

Notes and References

  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. https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros122.html Lunar Saros 122 - Fred Espenak's GSFC Eclipse Canon