| Total Lunar Eclipse November 29, 1993 | |
|---|---|
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 135 (22 of 71) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | 0:46:39 |
| Partial | 3:30:47 |
| Penumbral | 5:54:23 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 3:28:52 UTC |
| U1 | 4:40:44 |
| U2 | 6:02:47 |
| Greatest | 6:27:06 |
| U3 | 6:49:27 |
| U4 | 8:11:31 |
| P4 | 9:23:15 |
A total lunar eclipse took place on Monday, November 29, 1993, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 1993, the first was on Friday, June 4.
Visibility
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 1993
- A partial solar eclipse (north) on May 21.
- A total lunar eclipse (central, passing north of the axis) on June 4.
- A partial solar eclipse (south) on November 13.
- A total lunar eclipse (south) on November 29.
Lunar year series
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 1991–1994 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
| 110 | 1991 Jun 27 |
Penumbral |
−1.40641 | 115 | 1991 Dec 21 |
Partial |
0.97094 | |
| 120 | 1992 Jun 15 |
Partial |
−0.62887 | 125 |
1992 Dec 9 |
Total |
0.31438 | |
| 130 | 1993 Jun 4 |
Total |
0.16376 | 135 |
1993 Nov 29 |
Total |
−0.39941 | |
| 140 | 1994 May 25 |
Partial |
0.89334 | 145 | 1994 Nov 18 |
Penumbral |
−1.10479 | |
| Last set | 1991 Jul 26 | Last set | 1991 Jan 30 | |||||
| Next set | 1995 Apr 15 | Next set | 1995 Oct 08 | |||||
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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 142.
| November 22, 1984 | December 4, 2002 |
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See also
References
- ↑ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- Saros cycle 135
- 1993 Nov 29 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Lucky Lunar Eclipse (3 April 1996)
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