May 2050 lunar eclipse

May 2050 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
Date	6 May 2050
Gamma	-0.4181
Magnitude	1.0767
Saros cycle	122 (58 of 75)
Totality	43 minutes 11 seconds
Partiality	205 minutes 59 seconds
Penumbral	340 minutes 1 second
P1
Contacts (UTC)
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
	← November 2049 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.

Visibility[]

Related lunar eclipses[]

Lunar year series[]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2049-2052
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
Ascending node			Descending node
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 07.160 - penumbral (112) 2050 May 06.937 - total (122) 2069 May 06.380 - total (132) - partial (142) 2107 May 07.186 - penumbral (152)	2031 Oct 30.323 - penumbral (117) 2050 Oct 30.139 - total (127) - total (137) - partial (147)

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 122 - Fred Espenak's GSFC Eclipse Canon