November 1993 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on November 29, 1993, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 1993, the first was on Friday, June 4.

Total Lunar Eclipse November 29, 1993
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series	135 (22 of 71)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	0:46:39
Partial	3:30:47
Penumbral	5:54:23
Contacts
P1	3:28:52 UTC
U1	4:40:44
U2	6:02:47
Greatest	6:27:06
U3	6:49:27
U4	8:11:31
P4	9:23:15

Visibility

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 1993

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1991–1994
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
110	1991 Jun 27	Penumbral	-1.40641	115	1991 Dec 21	Partial	0.97094
120	1992 Jun 15	Partial	-0.62887	125	1992 Dec 9	Total	0.31438
130	1993 Jun 4	Total	0.16376	135	1993 Nov 29	Total	-0.39941
140	1994 May 25	Partial	0.89334	145	1994 Nov 18	Penumbral	-1.10479

Last set	1991 Jul 26			Last set	1991 Jan 30

Next set	1995 Apr 15			Next set	1995 Oct 08

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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 142.

November 22, 1984	December 4, 2002

References

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

External links

Saros cycle 135
1993 Nov 29 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Lucky Lunar Eclipse (3 April 1996)

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