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Revision as of 23:41, 31 December 2016

Total Lunar Eclipse
November 8–9, 2003

Totality from Minneapolis, 1:16 UTC

The moon's path through the Earth's shadow
Series 126 (member 45 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 24:32
Partial 3:32:04
Penumbral 6:06:48
Contacts
P1 22:15:10 UTC
U1 23:32:30 UTC
U2 1:06:17 UTC
Greatest 1:18:33
U3 1:30:48 UTC
U4 3:04:34 UTC
P4 4:21:58 UTC

The moon's path across shadow in Aries.

A total lunar eclipse took place on November 9, 2003, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2003, the first being on May 16, 2003.

Visibility

Relation to other lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

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 07


Metonic series

This eclipse is the second of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, November 8–9, each separated by 19 years:

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will be in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

  1. 1984 May 15.19 - penumbral (111)
  2. 2003 May 16.15 - total (121)
  3. 2022 May 16.17 - total (131)
  4. 2041 May 16.03 - penumbral (141)
  1. 1984 Nov 08.75 - penumbral (116)
  2. 2003 Nov 09.05 - total (126)
  3. 2022 Nov 08.46 - total (136)
  4. 2041 Nov 08.19 - partial (146)
  5. 2060 Nov 08.17 - penumbral (156)

See also