en November 2049 lunar eclipse

November 2049 lunar eclipse
Penumbral eclipse
	The Moon's hourly motion shown right to left
Date	November 9, 2049
Gamma	1.1964
Magnitude	−0.3541
Saros cycle	117 (54 of 72)
Penumbral	226 minutes, 4 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	13:57:32
Greatest	15:50:39
P4	17:43:36
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A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Tuesday, November 9, 2049,^[1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.3541. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra. 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. The Moon's apparent diameter will be near the average diameter because it will occur 7.1 days after perigee (on November 2, 2049, at 14:20 UTC) and 6.8 days before apogee (on November 16, 2049, at 10:10 UTC).^[2]

Visibility

The eclipse will be completely visible over Asia and Australia, seen rising over much of Africa and Europe and setting over the central Pacific Ocean and northwestern North America.^[3]

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.^[4]

November 9, 2049 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter	Value
Penumbral Magnitude	0.68206
Umbral Magnitude	−0.35405
Gamma	1.19649
Sun Right Ascension	15h00m53.5s
Sun Declination	-17°06'00.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter	16'08.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	08.9"
Moon Right Ascension	03h00m00.0s
Moon Declination	+18°13'14.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter	15'35.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax	0°57'11.8"
ΔT	85.0 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 November 2049
November 9 Descending node (full moon)	November 25 Ascending node (new moon)

Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 117	Hybrid solar eclipse Solar Saros 143

Related eclipses

Lunar eclipses of 2049–2052

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

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[5] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 124.