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Total Lunar Eclipse May 15-16, 2003
From Minneapolis, Minnesota at 3:17 UT
The moon's path through the earth's shadow.
Series (and member)	121 (55)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	00:52:42
Partial	02:14:38
Penumbral	05:09:30
Contacts
P1	01:05:25 UTC
U1	02:02:51 UTC
U2	03:13:49 UTC
Greatest	03:40:11
U3	04:06:31 UTC
U4	05:17:29 UTC
P4	06:14:56 UTC
The moon's path across the earth's shadow near its descending node in Libra.

A total lunar eclipse took place on May 16, 2003, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2003.

The second total lunar eclipse occurred on November 9, 2003.

This eclipse is the second of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, May 15-16, each separated by 19 years:

The moon's path through the earth's shadow near its descending node progresses southward through each sequential eclipse. The second and third are total eclipses.

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