May 2002 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on May 26, 2002, the first of three lunar eclipses in 2002.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002

The moon passed (right to left) through the Earth's northern penumbral shadow.
Series (and member)111 (66 of 71)
Gamma1.1758
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral3:36:34
Contacts (UTC)
P110:15:00
Greatest12:03:22
P413:51:34

The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Scorpius.

Visibility

The beginning of the penumbral phase 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 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

Eclipses of 2002

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 7

Saros series

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 April 19, 1353, and last was on August 4, 1533. The longest occurrence of this series was on June 12, 1443 when the totality lasted 106 minutes.

Half-Saros cycle

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.

May 21, 1993 June 1, 2011

See also

References
  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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