April 2051 lunar eclipse

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 Mar 04			Next set	2053 Aug 29

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

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

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

• 2051 Apr 26 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC