November 2003 lunar eclipse
| Total Lunar Eclipse November 8–9, 2003 | |
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 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
Photo gallery
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Grand Rapids, Michigan, 0:58 UT
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1:00 UT
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Oudenaarde, Belgium, 1:08 UTC
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1:24 UT
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Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2:28 UT
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 |
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 | |||
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.
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
- Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003
- May 2003 lunar eclipse
- May 2004 lunar eclipse
- October 2004 lunar eclipse
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lunar eclipse of 2003 November 9. |
- Saros cycle 126
- 2003 Nov 09 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- NASA Saros series 126
- Photos: Lunar Eclipse 8 November 2003
- Spaceweather.com: Lunar eclipse gallery Nov 8, 2003
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