May 2002 lunar eclipse

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002

The moon passed (right to left) through the Earth's southern penumbral shadow.
Series (and member) 111 (61 of 71)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Penumbral 3:36:34
Contacts
P1 10:15:00 UTC
Greatest 12:14:26
P4 13:51:45

The moon's path across shadow in Scorpius.

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

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

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
Saros
Photo
Date
View
Type
Chart
111 2002 May 26
penumbral
116
2002 Nov 20
penumbral
121
2003 May 16
total
126
2003 Nov 09
total
131
2004 May 04
total
136
2004 Oct 28
total
141
2005 Apr 24
penumbral
146
2005 Oct 17
partial
Last set 2002 Jun 24 Last set 2001 Dec 30
Next set 2006 Mar 14 Next set 2006 Sep 7

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