| Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 26 May 2002 | |
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 The moon passed (right to left) through the Earth's northern penumbral shadow. | |
| Series (and member) | 111 (66 of 71) |
| Gamma | 1.1758 |
| Magnitude | 0.6893 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Penumbral | 3:36:34 |
| Contacts (UTC) | |
| P1 | 10:15:00 |
| Greatest | 12:03:22 |
| P4 | 13:51:34 |
 The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Scorpius. | |
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Sunday 26 May 2002, the first of three lunar eclipses in 2002.
Visibility edit
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 edit
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 | ||||||||
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| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
| Saros Photo |
Date View |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros Photo |
Date View |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
| 111 | 2002 May 26
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penumbral
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1.1759 | 116 | 2002 Nov 20
|
penumbral
|
−1.1127 | |
121
|
2003 May 16
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total
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0.4123 | 126
|
2003 Nov 09
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total
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−0.4319 | |
131
|
2004 May 04
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total
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−0.3132 | 136
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2004 Oct 28
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total
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0.2846 | |
| 141 | 2005 Apr 24
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penumbral
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−1.0885 | 146_(cropped).jpg)
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2005 Oct 17
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partial
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0.9796 | |
| Last set | 2002 Jun 24 | Last set | 2001 Dec 30 | |||||
| Next set | 2006 Mar 14 | Next set | 2006 Sep 07 | |||||
Eclipse season edit
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 edit
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 edit
First eclipse: May 26, 2002. Second eclipse: 26 May 2021. Third eclipse: 26 May 2040. Fourth eclipse: 27 May 2059.
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 118.
| 21 May 1993 | 1 June 2011 |
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In popular culture edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links edit
- Saros cycle 111
- 2002 May 26 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- http://www.eclipse.org.uk/eclipse/1132002/[permanent dead link]
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