A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Sunday, October 30, 2050, with an umbral magnitude of 1.0549. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 1.9 days after perigee (on October 28, 2050, at 5:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
This lunar eclipse is the second of a tetrad, with four total lunar eclipses in series, the others being on May 6, 2050; April 26, 2051; and October 19, 2051.
During the eclipse, NGC 877 will be occulted by the Moon over the southeast Pacific Ocean, South America and the Atlantic Ocean. Deep-sky objects are rarely occulted during a total eclipse from any given spot on Earth.
Visibility The eclipse will be completely visible over North and South America, west Africa, and western Europe, seen rising over the central and eastern Pacific Ocean and setting over central and east Africa, eastern Europe, and west, central, and south Asia.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+October 30, 2050 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 2.03564 Umbral Magnitude 1.05490 Gamma 0.44351 Sun Right Ascension 14h18m15.4s Sun Declination -13°48'46.9" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'06.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 02h17m49.7s Moon Declination +14°14'46.2" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'25.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'15.6" ΔT 85.6 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of October–November 2050 October 30Descending node (full moon) November 14Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 127 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 153
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2050 A total lunar eclipse on May 6. A hybrid solar eclipse on May 20. A total lunar eclipse on October 30. A partial solar eclipse on November 14.
Metonic Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 12, 2047 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 18, 2054
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 19, 2043 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 11, 2057
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2041 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 5, 2059
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 30, 2039 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 29, 2061
Lunar Saros 127 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 18, 2032 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 9, 2068
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 19, 2021 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 10, 2079
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 30, 1963 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 30, 2137
Lunar eclipses of 2049–2052
Saros 127
Tritos series
Inex series
Half-Saros cycle A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 134. October 25, 2041November 5, 2059
See also List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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