May 2050 lunar eclipse

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.

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

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

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 Aug 29			Next set	2053 Mar 04

Metonic series

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

This series has 9 events centered on May 6th and October 30th: (saros number)

Ascending node	Descending node
2031 May 07 - penumbral (112) 2050 May 06 - total (122) 2069 May 06 - total (132) 2088 May 05 - partial (142) 2107 May 07 - penumbral (147)	2031 Oct 30 - penumbral (117) 2050 Oct 30 - total (127) 2069 Oct 30 - total (137) 2088 Oct 30 - partial (147)

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st century lunar eclipses

References

• 2050 May 06 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC