April 2051 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
Date26 April 2051
Gamma0.3371
Magnitude1.2022[1]
Saros cycle132 (32 of 71[2])
Totality69 minutes 35 seconds
Partiality220 minutes 51 seconds
Penumbral364 minutes 48 seconds
Contacts (UTC)
P123:12:27
U100:24:27
U201:40:05
Greatest02:14:52
U302:49:40
U404:05:18
P405:17:14

A total lunar eclipse will take place on April 26, 2051.

This will be the third lunar eclipse in the 2050–2051 tetrad.

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 Aug 29 Next set 2053 Mar 04

Saros series

Lunar saros series 132, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 44 umbral lunar eclipses (32 partial lunar eclipses and 12 total lunar eclipses).

Greatest First

The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2123 Jun 9, lasting 106 minutes.[3]		 Penumbral Partial Total Central
1492 May 12
 1636 Aug 16
 2015 Apr 4
 2069 May 6
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
2177 Jul 11
 2213 Aug 2
 2429 Dec 11
 2754 Jun 26

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
1907 Jan 29 1925 Feb 8 1943 Feb 20
1961 Mar 2 1979 Mar 13 1997 Mar 24
2015 Apr 4 2033 Apr 14 2051 Apr 26
2069 May 6 2087 May 17

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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 139.

April 20, 2042 April 30, 2060

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 132 - Fred Espenak's GSFC Eclipse Canon
  3. ↑ Listing of Eclipses of series 132
  4. ↑ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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