November 2003 lunar eclipse

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox lunar eclipse A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Sunday, November 9, 2003,[1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.0197. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 1.2 days before apogee (on November 10, 2003, at 7:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.[2]

This lunar eclipse is the second of a tetrad, with four total lunar eclipses in series, the others being on May 16, 2003; May 4, 2004; and October 28, 2004.

This was the last of 14 total lunar eclipses of Lunar Saros 126, which started on June 19, 1769 and ended on November 9, 2003.

Visibility

The eclipse was completely visible over eastern North and South America, much of Africa, and Europe, seen rising over western North and South America and the Pacific Ocean and setting over east Africa and west, central, and south Asia.[3]

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Hourly motion shown right to left
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The moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Aries

Gallery

Eclipse details

Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[4]

November 9, 2003 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Penumbral Magnitude 2.11575
Umbral Magnitude 1.01969
Gamma −0.43193
Sun Right Ascension 14h54m59.9s
Sun Declination -16°41'23.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'08.7"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 02h55m37.1s
Moon Declination +16°19'48.8"
Moon Semi-Diameter 14'43.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'03.6"
ΔT 64.5 s

Eclipse season

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Eclipse season of November 2003
November 9
Ascending node (full moon)
 November 23
Descending node (new moon)
File:Lunar eclipse chart close-03nov09.png File:SE2003Nov23T.png
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 126		 Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 152

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2003

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Lunar Saros 126

Inex

Triad

Lunar eclipses of 2002–2005

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Metonic series

Template:Metonic lunar eclipse 1984-2041

Saros 126

Template:Lunar Saros series 126

Tritos series

Template:Lunar Tritos series November 2003

Inex series

Template:Lunar Inex series November 2003

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[5] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 133.

November 3, 1994 November 13, 2012
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See also

References

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  5. ↑ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

External links

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