April 2051 lunar eclipse

April 2051 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
Date	26 April 2051
Gamma	0.3371
Magnitude	1.2022
Saros cycle	132 (32 of 71)
Totality	69 minutes 35 seconds
Partiality	220 minutes 51 seconds
Penumbral	364 minutes 48 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	23:12:27
U1	00:24:27
U2	01:40:05
Greatest	02:14:52
U3	02:49:40
U4	04:05:18
P4	05:17:14
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A total lunar eclipse will take place on April 26, 2051.

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

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 Mar 04		Next set	2053 Aug 29

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.

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

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

External links

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

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[MagNote-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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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