November 2002 lunar eclipse

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[edit]

Relation to other lunar eclipses[edit]

Eclipse season[edit]

This is the first eclipse this season.

Second eclipse this season: 4 December 2002 Total Solar Eclipse

Eclipses of 2002[edit]

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	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[edit]

It is part of Saros series 116.

Metonic series[edit]

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[edit]

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.