Template:Metonic lunar eclipse 1948–2005
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The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date | Type | Saros | Date | Type | |
| 111 | 1948 Apr 23 | Partial | 116 | 1948 Oct 18 | Penumbral | |
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1948Apr23.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1948Oct18.png | |||||
| 121 | 1967 Apr 24 | Total | 126 | 1967 Oct 18 | Total | |
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1967Apr24.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1967Oct18.png | |||||
| 131 | 1986 Apr 24 | Total | 136 | 1986 Oct 17 | Total | |
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1986Apr24.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1986Oct17.png | |||||
| 141 | 2005 Apr 24 | Penumbral | 146 | 2005 Oct 17 | Partial | |
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-05apr24.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2005Oct17.png | |||||
