May 2002 lunar eclipse

The beginning of the penumbral phase was visible in most of North America except the northeast, Central America, western South America, extreme northeast Russia, eastern Asia, Australia, most of Antarctica, the Pacific Ocean, and the southeast Indian Ocean; the end of the eclipse was visible in southwestern Alaska, Asia except the extreme north, Australia, the eastern Indian Ocean, and most of the Pacific Ocean except the extreme eastern part.

• A penumbral lunar eclipse on 26 May.
• An annular solar eclipse on 10 June.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on 24 June.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on 20 November.
• A total solar eclipse on 4 December.

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

This is the first eclipse this season.

Second eclipse this season: 10 June 2002 Annular Solar Eclipse

Third eclipse this season: 24 June 2002 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Saros 111, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 11 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on 19 April 1353, and last was on 4 August 1533. The longest occurrence of this series was on 12 June 1443 when the totality lasted 106 minutes.

First eclipse: May 26, 2002.Second eclipse: 26 May 2021.Third eclipse: 26 May 2040.Fourth eclipse: 27 May 2059.

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 118.

21 May 1993	1 June 2011

This eclipse appears in the 2022 film Turning Red, although it differs from actual events. It is depicted as taking place on the evening of 25 May, rather than the early morning hours of 26 May. Additionally, the film takes place in Toronto, where the total eclipse was not visible.

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

• Saros cycle 111
• 2002 May 26 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
• http://www.eclipse.org.uk/eclipse/1132002/^{[permanent dead link]}