November 2002 lunar eclipse
| Penumbral Lunar Eclipse November 20, 2002 | |
|---|---|
 The moon passed (right to left) through the Earth's southern penumbral shadow. | |
| Series (and member) | 116 (57 of 73) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Penumbral | 4:24:18 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 23:34:28 UTC |
| Greatest | 1:46:36 |
| P4 | 3:58:46 |
 The moon's path across shadow in Taurus. | |
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on November 20, 2002, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2002.
Visibility
Relation to other lunar eclipses
It is the second 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 |
Saros Photo |
Date View |
Type Chart | |
| 111 | 2002 May 26 |
penumbral |
116 | 2002 Nov 20 |
penumbral | |
121 |
2003 May 16 |
total |
126 |
2003 Nov 09 |
total | |
131 |
2004 May 04 |
total |
136 |
2004 Oct 28 |
total | |
| 141 | 2005 Apr 24 |
penumbral |
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2005 Oct 17 |
partial | |
| Last set | 2002 Jun 24 | Last set | 2001 Dec 30 | |||
| Next set | 2006 Mar 14 | Next set | 2006 Sep 7 | |||
See also
External links
- Saros cycle 116
- 2002 Nov 20 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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