| Total eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 6 May 2050 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | −0.4181 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.0767[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 122 (58 of 75[2]) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 43 minutes 11 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 205 minutes 59 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 340 minutes 1 second | ||||||||||||||||
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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.
- ^ 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