A penumbral

lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Eart ...

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

Visibility

The beginning of the penumbral phase was 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 of the eclipse was 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. Lunar eclipse from moon-2002May26

Relation to other lunar eclipses

Eclipses of 2002

* A penumbral lunar eclipse on May 26. * An annular solar eclipse on June 10. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on June 24. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on November 20. * A total solar eclipse on December 4. It is the first of four lunar year cycles, repeating every 354 days.

Eclipse season An eclipse season is the period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of the Moon's tilted orbital plane ( tilted five degrees to the Earth's orbital plane), just as Earth's we ...

This is the first eclipse this season. Second eclipse this season: 10 June 2002 Annular Solar Eclipse Third eclipse this season: 24 June 2002 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

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.

Metonic series

First eclipse: May 26, 2002. Second eclipse: May 26, 2021. Third eclipse: May 26, 2040. Fourth eclipse: May 27, 2059.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros'' This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of

Solar Saros 118 Saros cycle series 118 for solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an ...

In popular culture

This eclipse appears in the 2022 film ''

Turning Red ''Turning Red'' is a 2022 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It was directed by Domee Shi in her feature directorial debut, written by Shi ...

'', although it differs from actual events. It is depicted as taking place on the evening of May 25, rather than the early morning hours of May 26. Additionally, the film takes place in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most pop ...

, where the total eclipse was not visible.

References

External links

Saros cycle 111
* * http://www.eclipse.org.uk/eclipse/1132002/ 2002-05 2002 in science {{lunar-eclipse-stub