Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 20 November 2002 | |
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The moon passed (right to left) through the Earth's southern penumbral shadow. | |
Series (and member) | 116 (57 of 73) |
Gamma | -1.1126 |
Magnitude | 0.8600 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Penumbral | 4:24:18 |
Contacts ( UTC) | |
P1 | 23:34:28 (11/19) |
Greatest | 1:46:36 |
P4 | 3:58:46 |
The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Taurus. |
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday 20 November 2002, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2002.
This is the first eclipse this season.
Second eclipse this season: 4 December 2002 Total Solar Eclipse
It is the first of four lunar year cycles, repeating every 354 days.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2002–2005 | ||||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
Saros Photo |
Date View |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros Photo |
Date View |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
111 |
2002 May 26 |
penumbral |
1.1759 | 116 |
2002 Nov 20 |
penumbral |
−1.1127 | |
121 |
2003 May 16 |
total |
0.4123 | 126 |
2003 Nov 09 |
total |
−0.4319 | |
131 |
2004 May 04 |
total |
−0.3132 | 136 |
2004 Oct 28 |
total |
0.2846 | |
141 |
2005 Apr 24 |
penumbral |
−1.0885 | 146 |
2005 Oct 17 |
partial |
0.9796 | |
Last set | 2002 Jun 24 | Last set | 2001 Dec 30 | |||||
Next set | 2006 Mar 14 | Next set | 2006 Sep 07 |
It is part of Saros series 116.
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). [1] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 123.
13 November 1993 | 25 November 2011 |
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Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 20 November 2002 | |
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The moon passed (right to left) through the Earth's southern penumbral shadow. | |
Series (and member) | 116 (57 of 73) |
Gamma | -1.1126 |
Magnitude | 0.8600 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Penumbral | 4:24:18 |
Contacts ( UTC) | |
P1 | 23:34:28 (11/19) |
Greatest | 1:46:36 |
P4 | 3:58:46 |
The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Taurus. |
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday 20 November 2002, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2002.
This is the first eclipse this season.
Second eclipse this season: 4 December 2002 Total Solar Eclipse
It is the first of four lunar year cycles, repeating every 354 days.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2002–2005 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
Saros Photo |
Date View |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros Photo |
Date View |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
111 |
2002 May 26 |
penumbral |
1.1759 | 116 |
2002 Nov 20 |
penumbral |
−1.1127 | |
121 |
2003 May 16 |
total |
0.4123 | 126 |
2003 Nov 09 |
total |
−0.4319 | |
131 |
2004 May 04 |
total |
−0.3132 | 136 |
2004 Oct 28 |
total |
0.2846 | |
141 |
2005 Apr 24 |
penumbral |
−1.0885 | 146 |
2005 Oct 17 |
partial |
0.9796 | |
Last set | 2002 Jun 24 | Last set | 2001 Dec 30 | |||||
Next set | 2006 Mar 14 | Next set | 2006 Sep 07 |
It is part of Saros series 116.
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). [1] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 123.
13 November 1993 | 25 November 2011 |
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