May 2002 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on May 26, 2002, the first of three lunar eclipses in 2002.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002

The moon passed (right to left) through the Earth's southern penumbral shadow.
Series (and member)111 (61 of 71)
Date26 May 2002
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral3:36:34
Contacts
P110:15:00 UTC
Greatest12:03:22
P413:51:34

The moon's path across shadow in Scorpius.

This lunar eclipse occurred only 5 days before the start of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which occurred on Friday 31 May 2002.

Visibility

The beginning of the penumbral phase 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 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.

Relation to other lunar eclipses

Eclipses of 2002

It is the first of four lunar year cycles, repeating every 354 days.

Saros series

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 April 19, 1353, and last was on August 4, 1533. The longest occurrence of this series was on June 12, 1443 when the totality lasted 106 minutes.

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 118.

May 21, 1993 June 1, 2011

See also

References
  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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