May 2049 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 112, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 15 total lunar eclipses.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1490 Jun 02, lasting 100 minutes.[3]	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	859 May 20	985 Aug 03	1364 Mar 18	1436 Apr 30
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	1562 Jul 16	1616 Aug 27	2013 Apr 25	2139 Jul 12

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

1905 Feb 19		1923 Mar 3		1941 Mar 13
1959 Mar 24		1977 Apr 04		1995 Apr 15
2013 Apr 25		2031 May 07		2049 May 17
2067 May 28		2085 Jun 08

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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.

May 11, 2040	May 22, 2058

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of June 17, 2038
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2060

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of April 5, 2042
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of June 27, 2056

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

• 2049 May 17 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC