November 2002 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on November 20, 2002, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2002.

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)
Date	20 November 2002
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.

Visibility

Relation to other lunar eclipses

Eclipses of 2002

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	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 7

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.

November 13, 1993	November 25, 2011

References

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

External links

Saros cycle 116
2002 Nov 20 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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