| Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 20 November 2002 | |
|---|---|
 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.
Visibility
Relation to other lunar eclipses
This is the first eclipse this season.
Second eclipse this season: 4 December 2002 Total Solar Eclipse
Eclipses of 2002
- 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_(cropped).jpg) | 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 | |||||
Saros series
It is part of Saros series 116.
Metonic series
- First eclipse: 20 November 2002.
- Second eclipse: 19 November 2021.
- Third eclipse: 18 November 2040.
- Fourth eclipse: 19 November 2059.
- Fifth eclipse: 19 November 2078.
Half-Saros cycle
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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Tritos series
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 21 December 1991
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of 18 October 2013
Tzolkinex
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 8 October 1995
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of 31 December 2009
See also
References
External links
- Saros cycle 116
- 2002 Nov 20 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC