Penumbral lunar eclipse 26 May 2002
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
26 May 2002
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The moon passed (right to left) through the Earth's northern penumbral shadow.
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Series (and member)
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111
(66 of 71)
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Gamma
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1.1758
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Magnitude
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0.6893
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Duration (hr:mn:sc)
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Penumbral
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3:36:34
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Contacts (
UTC
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P1
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10:15:00
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Greatest
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12:03:22
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P4
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13:51:34
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The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of
Scorpius
.
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A penumbral
lunar eclipse
took place on Sunday 26 May 2002, the first of three lunar eclipses in 2002.
Visibility
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The beginning of the penumbral phase was 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 of the eclipse was 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
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Eclipses of 2002
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It is the first of four lunar year cycles, repeating every 354 days.
This is the first eclipse this season.
Second eclipse this season:
10 June 2002 Annular Solar Eclipse
Third eclipse this season:
24 June 2002 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Saros series
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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
19 April 1353
, and last was on
4 August 1533
. The longest occurrence of this series was on
12 June 1443
when the totality lasted 106 minutes.
Metonic series
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First eclipse: May 26, 2002.
Second eclipse:
26 May 2021
.
Third eclipse:
26 May 2040
.
Fourth eclipse:
27 May 2059
.
Half-Saros cycle
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A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a
half saros
).
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This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of
Solar Saros 118
.
In popular culture
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This eclipse appears in the 2022 film
Turning Red
, although it differs from actual events. It is depicted as taking place on the evening of 25 May, rather than the early morning hours of 26 May. Additionally, the film takes place in
Toronto
, where the total eclipse was not visible.
See also
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References
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- ^
Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18,
The half-saros
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